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Vase
Designed by: Galileo Chini (Italian, 1873–1956)
Manufactured by: Arte della Ceramica (Italian, 1897–1944)
Manufactured by: Arte della Ceramica (Italian, 1897–1944)
Italian (Florence)
about 1900
Object Place: Florence, Italy
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware with polychrome decoration
Dimensions
26.03 cm (10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles W. Millard III in honor of Arthur Beale
Accession Number1999.72
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionBaluster-shaped vase with everted lip. Blue, yellow, and green painted decoration of a regular pattern of stylized orchids forming panels around body. Geometric ornament on yellow ground at rim.
InscriptionsOn underside: Circular raised mark of monogram A D C within a pomegranate. Second mark of clasped hands in underglaze blue.
ProvenanceBy 1963, Brodney Art Gallery; 1963, sold by gallery to Charles Millard; 1999, Gift of Charles Millard in honor of Arthur Beale to the MFA.