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Bell-form Vase with Black and White Decoration

Object Details

Description
Tall molded white earthenware vase with wide lip and white floral and leaf decoration against a black glazed ground; shape of foot is an inverted echo of the main volume’s silhouette.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Michael Powolny, Austrian, 1871 - 1954
Manufacturer
Gmundner Keramik, Austrian, founded 1903
Date
ca. 1922
Credit Line
Collection of the Newark Museum, Purchase 1923, Gift of Otto Kahn, 1923.236
Medium
Molded white earthenware
Dimensions
H x diam.: 54.6 × 19.1 cm (21 1/2 × 7 1/2 in.)
Type
ceramics
Exhibitions
Bell-form Vase with Black and White Decoration
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