Vase

Maker unknown, Sweden

  • Titles Vase (Descriptive)
  • Medium glazed stoneware
  • Dimensions 6 1/8 x 6 in. Diam. (15.6 x 15.2 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of William F. Hull, AFI.318.2010
  • Work Type vase
  • Classification Containers

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