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A large cream colored ostrich egg showing scenic hills with a bridge over water, and a sketch of a boy poling a raft and another in a small boat. A tiny pagoda is off in the background. The egg is decorated with Chinoiserie designs in reds, browns and gold leaf in japanned style. There are definite Japanese overtones to the scene.
pictures (two-dimensional representations)
glassblowing
eggshell (animal material)
japanning
painting (coating)
glass (material)
Chinoiserie
Eggshell
Blown
Painted
Japanned
Landscape
Pagoda
Chinoiserie
PICTURE, EGG
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
Africa
5.5 (H), 4.5 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.956
Massachusetts (United States)
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