Pair on Base, Master #312
Bennett Bean
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Glazed earthenware
DATES
1998
DIMENSIONS
9 x 12 x 7 in. (22.9 x 30.5 x 17.8 cm)
MARKINGS
Handpainted on bottom of base ingold: "312"; written on bottom of base: "5 x 8"; on stickers on bottom of base: "BF/ 3064", "43/ $5,000"; painted on bottom of B in gold: "312" and in white: "C"; painted on bottom of A in gold: "312/ C"
ACCESSION NUMBER
2001.131.2a-c
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Lisa M. Price
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Two-part vase (a-b) with base (c). Earthenware with painted and gilt decoration. thin-walled u-shaped vases tapering toward the bottom and resting on three feet. The vases are not completely round--the rim of each forms an incomplete circle, which is intersected by a vertical plane that cuts into the center of the vase, but also leaves one side open. A and B fit together on the base such that the vertical planes face each other, with the vases forming a figure 8. B has a smooth rim, while the rim of A steps up partway around. The interiors of both vases are gilt. Exterior: A and B have similar decoration divided generally in two bands: at the top, pastel geometric forms on yellow and neutral mottled ground. The lower band has black and red patches and splatters on a white ground. Rectangular, flat base is wood painted dark gray.
CONDITON: Excellent
MUSEUM LOCATION
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