Tureen in the form of a boar's head
about 1750
Medium/TechniqueTin-glazed earthenware, enamel decoration
Dimensions35.56 cm (14 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number57.169a-b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceBy about 1930, Princes of Liechtenstein, Vienna [see note]. 1957, sold by Leopold Blumka (dealer), New York, to the MFA for $1,200. (Accession Date: March 14, 1957)
NOTE: Liechtenstein inventory numbers "D. 941 / P. inv. no. 102" remain on the inside of the tureen. Arthur Stoegmann of the Princely Collections of Liechtenstein kindly confirmed that the tureen was shown in the Liechtenstein Gallery in Vienna around 1930.
NOTE: Liechtenstein inventory numbers "D. 941 / P. inv. no. 102" remain on the inside of the tureen. Arthur Stoegmann of the Princely Collections of Liechtenstein kindly confirmed that the tureen was shown in the Liechtenstein Gallery in Vienna around 1930.
