Vase
- Date
- 1878
- Material
- Painted and glazed earthenware
- made in
- New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Ceramics
- Collection
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 127
- Dimensions
- 15 1/4 x 7 1/8 in. (38.7 x 18.1 cm)
- Credit Line
- Funds given by Victor Porter Smith and the American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation, funds given in honor of Joyce and Jules Pass; and gift of Gregory D. Flotron and Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Burkart, by exchange
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 1119:2010
NOTES
This object demonstrates that Asian art was an important source of inspiration for artists and designers in Europe and America in the late 19th century. The shallow space and asymmetrical placement of the birds, branches, and clouds painted on this ceramic bottle show the simplification of form that Western artists learned from Japanese prints.
Provenance
- 2010
Private collection, Water Mill, New York [1]
2010/10/01
In auction, "20th-Century Decorative Arts," David Rago-Craftsman Auction, Lambertville, NJ, October 1, 2010, lot no. 294 [2]
2010
American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation, New York, NY, purchased at "20th Century Decorative Arts" auction on behalf of the Saint Louis Art Museum [3]
2010 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation [4]
Notes:
[1] Per email correspondence from auctioneer David Rago to Bruce Barnes, American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation, dated September 30, 2010 [SLAM document files].
[2] See "20th-Century Decorative Arts," David Rago-Craftsman Auction, Lambertville, NJ, October 1, 2010, lot no. 294.
[3] Per email correspondence from Bruce Barnes, American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation, to SLAM curator David Conradsen, dated October 1, 2010 [SLAM document files].
[4] Per invoice from American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation dated October 13, 2010 [SLAM document files]; and per Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, December 6, 2010.
Private collection, Water Mill, New York [1]
2010/10/01
In auction, "20th-Century Decorative Arts," David Rago-Craftsman Auction, Lambertville, NJ, October 1, 2010, lot no. 294 [2]
2010
American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation, New York, NY, purchased at "20th Century Decorative Arts" auction on behalf of the Saint Louis Art Museum [3]
2010 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation [4]
Notes:
[1] Per email correspondence from auctioneer David Rago to Bruce Barnes, American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation, dated September 30, 2010 [SLAM document files].
[2] See "20th-Century Decorative Arts," David Rago-Craftsman Auction, Lambertville, NJ, October 1, 2010, lot no. 294.
[3] Per email correspondence from Bruce Barnes, American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation, to SLAM curator David Conradsen, dated October 1, 2010 [SLAM document files].
[4] Per invoice from American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation dated October 13, 2010 [SLAM document files]; and per Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, December 6, 2010.
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