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Object Number
2002.6.5
Display Title
Octagonal dish with man in hat
Descriptions
Object Description
Octagonal glazed dish with white ground; green, blue, brown, yellow and black floral pattern with man in hat at center of dish; holes for hanging on bottom; marked GIO MEX on bottom
Inventory Description
Dish, octagonal, polychrome, glazed, floral design, man at center of dish
Classification
- Dish
Department
Ethnographic
Date
20th century
Artist
Gorky Gonzales Quinones
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Guanajuato
/
<County>
/
Guanajuato
Materials
Clay, Glaze
Dimensions
Overall: 26.5 x 26.2 x 5 cm (10 7/16 x 10 5/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
GIO MEX; 2002.6.5
Credit Line
Gift of Alice B. Melvin, in celebration of donor's father and mother, Professor A. Gordon Melvin and Lorna Strong Melvin, donor's sister, Mary Melvin Petronella, family friend, Luis Hererra Garcia, friend, Richard Paul Baydin, and donor's cats, Miss Amiga, Sir Minky, and Pyewacket
Provenance
Collector
Alice B. Melvin
(1981 - 2/16/02)
Donor
Alice B. Melvin
(1981 - 2/16/02)
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