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Vase

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Upright ovoid body with wide slightly up-curved circular mouth and flaring circular foot; tan to brown mottled ground, with heavier concentration of brown at edges; several passages of abstract airbrushed decoration of dark brown intersecting lines, waves and blue dots on mouth and wall.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Manufacturer
Carstens-Uffrecht, Germany
Date
ca. 1930
Credit Line
Gift of Victor Wiener
Medium
Glazed earthenware
Dimensions
H x diam.: 14.5 x 19 cm (5 11/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Type
ceramics
Decorative Arts
Vase
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