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Vase
Accession # 68.87.45
Manufacturer Union Porcelain Works
Title Vase
Date ca. 1876
Medium Porcelain
Dimensions 10 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (27.3 x 14.6 x 14.6 cm) Diameter at top: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Marks Printed on base in black: head of an eagle with "S" in beak
Inscriptions no inscriptions
Signed no signature
Credit Line Gift of Franklin Chace
Location Visible Storage: Case 36, Shelf L (Ceramics)
Description White porcelain vase, vitreous glaze, with polychrome and gilded decoration. Cylinder shape that tapers toward top, slightly molded lip; supported on three feet, each in the form of a lizard biting a monkey applied along the side of the vase. Body has rust ground with geometric patterned bands in black and white around top and bottom edge; around neck, spray of flowers within triangular registers; on body between feet, two white panels stacked vertically containing different flowers; gilded band around lip and around base. CONDITION: Good.