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Elephant Potpourri Vase and Cover

(France, working 1720–1781)
About 1745–48
Object PlaceStrasbourg, France
Medium/TechniqueTin-glazed earthenware
DimensionsHeight: 26 cm (10 1/4 in.)
Credit LineKiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession number2006.932a-b
On View
On view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceHoffman-Frey Collection, Zurich. November 24, 1992, anonymous sale ("An Important Swiss Private Collection"), Sotheby & Co., Zurich, lot 138, to Edward M. Pflueger (b. 1905 - d. 1997) and Kiyi Powers Pflueger (b. 1915 - d. 2008), New York; 2006, bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 26, 2006)
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about 1748
Potpourri Vase and Cover
Strasbourg Manufactory
about 1748
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