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Potpourri Vase and Cover

Attributed to: Strasbourg Manufactory (France, working 1720–1781)
French
about 1748
Object Place: Strasbourg, France

Medium/Technique Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions Height: 25.4 cm (10 in.)
Credit Line Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.931a-b
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPotteryEarthenware

DescriptionWhite glaze, recumbent camel, with pierced conical cover forming a pot-pourri vase
ProvenanceBy 1992, Jorg Schwiete (dealer), Hanover, Germany; December 29, 1992, sold by Schwiete to Edward M. Pflueger (b. 1905 - d. 1997) and Kiyi Powers Pflueger (b. 1915 - d. 2008), New York; 2006, bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 26, 2006)