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Ewer with elephant-head spout

Vietnamese
Han-Viet period
1st–3rd century
Object Place: Thanh-hoa, Vietnam

Medium/Technique Stoneware with ash glaze, molded, incised, and applied decoration, Thanh Hoa
Dimensions 10 9/16 x 9 in. (26.9 x 22.9 cm)
Credit Line Gift of John D. Constable
Accession Number1991.988
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsCeramicsPotteryStoneware

Catalogue Raisonné Truong, Philippe, The Elephant and the Lotus: Vietnamese Ceramics in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2007 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Cat. 3
ProvenanceBetween about 1978 and 1991, purchased by John Davidson Constable (b. 1927- d. 2016), Sherborn, MA; 1991, year-end gift of John Davidson Constable to the MFA. (Accession date: January 22, 1992)