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Ceramic Form No. 11 (Pregnant Ghost)
Leza McVey (American, 1907–1984)
about 1949
Medium/Technique
Slab-built stoneware with matte glaze and modeled stopper
Dimensions
Overall: 77.5 x 25.4 x 15.2 cm (30 1/2 x 10 x 6 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Philip Aarons and Shelley Fox Aarons in honor of Jules and Jeanette Aarons
Accession Number2012.1129a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics
DescriptionVery tall asymmetrical bottle form with sculptural stopper. Oatmeal glaze, darkens to rusty-brown at foot. Loss (about 1/4") at top of neck (covered by lip of stopper).
Signed
Possibly inscribed in glaze within foot ring - obscured by three layers of paper or masking-tape labels, uppermost of which has printed "Leza McVey #11 N.F.S. Value 0-00" Foot ring also shows what are probably glaze notes. Stopper retains masking tape label "Leza McVey #11 N.F.S."
ProvenanceBy 2012, collection of Philip E. Aarons, New York; 2012, year-end gift of Aarons to the MFA. (Accession date: Februrary 27, 2013)