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Bull-frog vase

Bull-frog vase
 (c. 1885-1891)

Medium
earthenware
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs Susan Altmann, 1994
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
earthenware
Measurements
12.5 × 10.5 × 12.8 cm
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
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs Susan Altmann, 1994
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
Gallery location
Not on display
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.

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