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Small "bleu de Hue" dish

19th century
Object PlaceVietnam
Medium/TechniqueCopper with white and blue enamel
DimensionsOther: 15 x 2.3 cm (5 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of John D. Constable
Accession number2007.394
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ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1948, Ngo Quynh Dieu, Ris-Orangis, Essonne, France; by inheritance to her daughter, Mrs. Nguyen Anh, Hochiminhville, Vietnam [see note 1]; by 1999, given by Mrs. Anh to John Davidson Constable (b. 1927- d. 2016), Sherborn, MA; 2007, gift of John Davidson Constable to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 27, 2007)


NOTES:
[1] At her death Mrs. Ngo Quynh Dieu left her collection of Vietnamese ceramics to her daughter in Vietnam, Mrs. Ahn. Until Mrs. Anh gave part of the collection to John Constable, some pieces remained in the care of Mr. Michelle Becker of Sevres, France.

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