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jar

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  • Description

    jar

    Made from porcelain. A large jar with a circular opening and a disk shaped lid with a pointed knob, rounded shoulders and an ovoid body and circular base. The exterior is decorated with handpainted polychrome enamels, the body of the jar has two framed scenes of water lilies on water. The rest of the jar is decorated with a pink background and flourishes in yellow and teal. Around the opening of the jar is a meander boarder in pink, yellow, and teal. The lid is decorated with a teal background and 4 pink flowers

  • Place
  • Accession Date
    Unknown
  • Other Id

    K1903 (ceramic)

    M11 (Humphreys-Davies)

  • Department
jar, K1903, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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