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Elephant Potpourri Vase and Cover
Made by: Strasbourg Manufactory (France, working 1720–1781)
French
About 1745–48
Object Place: Strasbourg, France
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware, colored enamels
Dimensions
Height: 26 cm (10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.932a-b
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionNaturally modeled elephant decorated in grand feu colors, with green saddle cloth edged in yellow and manganese, his ears, eyes, trunk, and feet enriched in manganese, the shaped oval cover formed as a turret with pierced windows among simulated brickwork, the marbled top with blue trellis border, the grasswork base reserved with turquoise leaves.
ProvenanceHoffman-Frey Collection, Zurich. November 24, 1992, anonymous sale ("An Important Swiss Private Collection"), Sotheby & Co., Zurich, lot 138, 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)