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Temple on a Rock vase with cover

(Staffordshire, England, active 1759–present)
(English, 1881–1945)
about 1920
Medium/TechniquePorcelain (bone china), lead-glazed, transfer-printed and hand-painted in colored enamels and gilding
DimensionsHeight: 48.9 cm (19 1/4 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds by exchange from The John Axelrod Collection and from the Morris and Louise Rosenthal Fund, Edwin E. Jack Fund, and Lucy Scarborough Conant Fund
Accession number2019.1813a-b
On View
On view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceTheodore Spak (b. 1932 – d. 2016) and Rosalind Spak (d. 2019), Chicago and Coral Gables, FL; 2019, passed to the Spak estate; July 13, 2019 (sale 3272B), consigned by the Spak estate, Skinner, Boston, lot 373, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 25, 2019)
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