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Antique Style Vase

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Black basaltes, molded in one piece, with ochre and cream encaustic decoration; swans' heads flank the joint of the handles, which are scrolled with female masks inset.
Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts Frederick Rathbone London England sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop New York 1914 bequest; to Fogg Art Museum 1943 Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
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Title: Antique Style Vase
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Black basaltes, molded in one piece, with ochre and cream encaustic decoration; swans' heads flank the joint of the handles, which are scrolled with female masks inset.

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