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Acorn-Shaped Vase with Lid

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Ovoidal, with spreading base supported on a slightly uneven square decorated with Greek key design and figures; body fluted; two upright loop handles rising from the fluted body; acorn-shaped upper body; bell-shaped cover, fluted with knob finial.
Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts [Frederick Rathbone London England] sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop New York NY 1914 bequest; to Fogg Art Museum 1943. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
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Title: Acorn-Shaped Vase with Lid
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Ovoidal, with spreading base supported on a slightly uneven square decorated with Greek key design and figures; body fluted; two upright loop handles rising from the fluted body; acorn-shaped upper body; bell-shaped cover, fluted with knob finial.

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