Vase with ring foot, globular body, long neck, and flared lip. Exterior decoration of black birds against a green sky and black bamboo, applied gilt.
vases
bamboo (material)
ceramic (material)
gilding
bamboo (material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Aves (class)
Unidentified Ceramic
Bird
Bamboo
Gilded
VASE
Marks: impressed anchor extremely rare mark, impressed, ""ROOKWOOD/1882/R"" (""R"" signifies red clay body); incised ""W.McD."" for potter.
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Rookwood Pottery (Maker)
Cincinnati, OH, USA
6.875 (H) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.828
Ohio (United States)
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