Covered jar
(1959)
Medium
stoneware
Measurements
(a-b) 22.4 × 22.1 × 19.8 cm (overall)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1959
© The Estate of Mollie Douglas
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales
Inscription
(a) impressed in base c.: M D (monogram)
Accession Number
128.a-b-D5
Department
Australian Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Physical description
Buff-coloured body unglazed interior and exterior, handles in form of applied rings, top of lid glazed in yellowish/brown with design of radiating lines incised through the glaze.
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