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Miniature lidded vessel
(1920s)

Medium
painted wood

Measurements
(a-b) 5.0 × 4.8 cm diameter (overall)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Terence Lane OAM, 2015

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Vienna, Austria

Accession Number
2015.65.a-b

Department
International Decorative Arts

Physical description
The vessel is spherical in form on a turned foot painted blue with red highlights. The body of the vessel is painted yellow with red, black and brown spiral ornament. The lid is painted with a blue ground decorated with yellow stars and red and brown spirals. The lid is crowned by a black finial.