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Design for a Decorative Vase
Unknown1750-1800
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
An amphora, seen diagonally. Around the body and the neck an ivy branch. At the end of the handles a satyr mask. The background tinted light brown; the shadow is indicated. On the back written in pencil: "con matteo nosselli 12."
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Details
- Title: Design for a Decorative Vase
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1750-1800
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
- Medium: Brush and brown wash, pen and brown ink on paper
- Provenance: From the Collection of Giovanni Piancastelli; Mr and Mrs Edward D. Brandegee
- Paper Support: cardboard
- Dimensions: 18 x 11.4 cm (7 1/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
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