Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012

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Art of the Americas: July 2011–June 2012


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Iris vase

1900
Decorated by John Hamilton Delaney Wareham
Made by Rookwood Pottery Company
Overall: 44.5 x 17.8 cm (17 1/2 x 7 in.)
Glazed and carved porcelain

Classification: Ceramics

Object Place: Cincinnati, Ohio

Accession number: 2012.409

Description: The vase of elongated ovoid form decorated with carved periwinkle and pink irises rising from pale green leaves and stems against a creamy white "iris glaze" background.

Provenance/Ownership History: After 1900, retailed by Marshall Field & Company, Chicago, Illinois. By 2012, owned by Lillian Nassau LLC (gallery) New York, New York; 2012, sold by Nassau to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 27, 2012)

Arthur Tracy Cabot Fund and Harriet Otis Cruft Fund