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Vase
Maija Grotell (American, born in Finland, 1899–1973)
1948–1949
Medium/Technique
Wheel-thrown stoneware mixed with porcelain grog, painted underglaze decoration with semi-opaque white overglaze
Dimensions
Overall: 26 x 27.9 cm (10 1/4 x 11 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Philip Aarons and Shelley Fox Aarons in honor of Jules and Jeanette Aarons
Accession Number2012.1108
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics
DescriptionRound, ribbed vessel with glossy gray glaze with "feather" pattern in white glaze (obscures ribbing except on bottom 1/3)
Signed
Incised initials "MG"
ProvenanceMarch 18, 1991, sold by Bryce Bannatyne Gallery, Los Angeles, to Philip E. Aarons, New York; 2012, year-end gift of Aarons to the MFA. (Accession date: Februrary 27, 2013)