Medium
porcelain
Measurements
(a) 25.2 × 8.7 cm diameter
(b) 25.4 × 8.7 cm diameter
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with the assistance of the Crafts Board of the Australia Council, 1981
© Sony Manning
Gallery location
Not on display
Inscription
(a) painted in black on base: 37 / a
(b) painted in black on base: 37 b
Accession Number
D159.a-b-1986
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
Two gently swelling cylindrical vases in slip-cast porcelain with incised and inlaid decoration showing magpies in a landscape in black, white and shades of brown on a grey-brown ground, the interior of each pot with a white glaze.
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