MONUMENTAL HEART-SHAPED VASE

Currently in storage

About this object

This monumental, heart-shaped vase is decorated on front and back with Asian-influenced images of pheasants alighting on flowering bushes against a creamy white background. It stands on two rectangular splayed feet edged in blue and has a large opening at the top to accommodate flowers.

Object name:: MONUMENTAL HEART-SHAPED VASE
Made from:: Porcelain faience
Made in:: Hungary
Date made:: 1875-1897
Size:: 43.5 x 41 x 12.7 cm (17 1/8 x 16 1/8 x 5 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:: 27.38
Class:: CERAMICS
Signature marks:: inscription C32 On underside of one foot. Possibly a General Foods or CW Post inventory mark?
Credit line:: Gift of General Foods, 1978