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figure, swan

human history
  • Description

    vase figure, swan shape, blue trickle glaze over a white ceramic, wings and body make up the opening of the vase, faint crazing on inside base, edge of opening has scalloped edges for the feathers, base is slightly concave, base has small notched shape that resembles a Z which is likely a makers mark

  • Place
    New Lynn/Waitakere City/Auckland/New Zealand
  • Accession Number
    1985.388
  • Accession Date
    1985
  • Other Id

    K4658 (ceramic)

  • Department

    Applied Arts and Design

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  • figure, swan, 1985.388, K4658, Photographed by Denise Baynham, digital, 29 Nov 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure, swan, 1985.388, K4658, Photographed by Denise Baynham, digital, 29 Nov 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure, swan, 1985.388, K4658, Photographed by Denise Baynham, digital, 29 Nov 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure, swan, 1985.388, K4658, Photographed by Denise Baynham, digital, 29 Nov 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • vase, swan
  • vase, swan
  • vase, swan

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