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Vase

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Inverse egg-shape body that tapers abruptly into a cylinder neck and flared mouth.
There are 4 curved handles that extend from below the mouth to the top of the body. It is all
glazed in bluish green.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Manufacturer
Villeroy and Boch, German, founded 1936
Date
ca. 1930
Credit Line
Gift of Victor Wiener
Medium
Glazed earthenware
Dimensions
24.5h x 15.5 diameter cm (9 5/8 x 6 1/8 in. )
Type
ceramics
Decorative Arts
Vase
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