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Miniature Double-gourd Vase
Unusual enamelled double-gourd vase, with almost globular lower section, pinched at the center and rising to a full pear-shaped upper bulb, shallow foot-rim and plain-glazed base, interior and mouth-rim in a pale green enamel, the exterior covered in a souffle-glaze of mottled red and pinkish-white.
Provenance
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Bill Fisher [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Dr. and Mrs. Edward J. Hoffman, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1983, by gift.
Geographies
China (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 3/4 × W: 1 9/16 × D: 1 9/16 in. (7 × 3.9 × 3.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Edward J. Hoffman, 1983
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
49.2539