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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.)
Carved white-bodied cllay with "Iris" glaze
Classification: Ceramics
Object Place: Cincinnati, Ohio
Accession number: 2012.409
Location: Robert P. and Carol T. Henderson Gallery (The Aesthetic Movement, 1870–1900)
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: 1900 or after, 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