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Bull-frog vase

Bull-frog vase
(c. 1885-1891)

Medium
earthenware

Measurements
12.5 × 10.5 × 12.8 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs Susan Altmann, 1994

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Inscription
incised in base u.c.: T (....illeg) 51 / BF (monogram) / (a dot within a circle)
impressed (diagonally) (inverted) in base c.r.: ENGLAND

Accession Number
D66-1994

Department
International Decorative Arts

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited

Physical description
The vase is moulded as a seated three-legged road-like creature with a wide open mouth, patterned with raised dots which form a spiral pattern on its haunches, and decorated with a strong yellow glaze.