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Low Covered Jar

1866-1899

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Low Covered Jar

1866-1899

Physical Qualities Copper (originally tinned), metal alloy, 12.5 x 14.5 cm. (4 15/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number 1950.2007.16
Domed stepped lid surmounted by a brass finial and decorated with bands of fine scrollwork and figures (scenes of feasting and entertainment); squat body decorated with undulating leaf scroll, wide band of ornate calligraphy, and a band of scrollwork; no foot; the bottom decorated with six interlocking circles and small rabbits and birds.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore; Claribel or Etta Cone, Baltimore; probably purchased in India in 1907 on Cone Family trip
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Ornamental Art of India," January 30-May 18, 2008.
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