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Dish: The Temptation
Dish
Dish: The Temptation
English (Bristol or Brislington)
about 1740
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware with cobalt, antimony, copper and iron oxide painted and sponged decoration
Dimensions
Dimensions: 34.3 x 6.7 cm (13 1/2 x 2 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Lloyd and Vivian Hawes Collection
Accession Number2000.708
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionElaborately painted, the central Adam and Eve scene above a landscape. (small chip to right edge and edge roughness)
ProvenanceCollection of Jean and Kenneth Chorley; Christie's New York, January 25, 1993, lot 1. Collection of Lloyd and Vivian Hawes, Wellesley, MA; 2000, bequest of Vivian Hawes. (Accession date: June 21, 2000)