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Plate
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
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
Ceramics
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)