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Ewer in the shape of an elephant
Vietnamese
Le dynasty
16th century
Object Place: Vietnam
Medium/Technique
Stoneware with white slip, underglaze cobalt blue decoration
Dimensions
Overall: 17 x 22 cm (6 11/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of John D. Constable
Accession Number2002.742
CollectionsAsia
Catalogue Raisonné
Truong, Philippe, The Elephant and the Lotus: Vietnamese Ceramics in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2007 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Cat. 188
ProvenanceBy 1988, purchased in Vietnam by John Davidson Constable (b. 1927- d. 2016), Sherborn, MA; 2002, year-end gift of John Davidson Constable to the MFA. (Accession date: Janaury 22, 2003)