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Spanish
Object Place: Oriental

Medium/Technique Glazed earthenware
Dimensions Legacy dimension: .345 D.
Credit Line Bequest of Mrs. Edward Wheelwright
Accession Number13.443
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPotteryEarthenware
Ceramics

DescriptionBrown clay, pinkish tin glaze, outlines of decoration incised and figures filled in with blue and yellow. Two birds facing, a tree between, with inscriptions on its roots. Mended in several places.
ProvenanceEdward Wheelwright (b. 1824 - d. 1900), Boston; by inheritance to his widow, Isaphene Moore Luyster Wheelwright (b. 1831 - d. 1907), Boston; 1913, bequest of Mrs. Edward Wheelwright to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 3, 1913)