Vase

Otto Meier

  • Titles Vase (Descriptive)
  • Artist Otto Meier, German, 1903 - 1996
  • Medium glazed porcelain
  • Dimensions 6 5/8 × 4 3/4 in. Diam. (16.8 × 12.1 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Baekeland, AFI.264.2010
  • Work Type vase
  • Classification Containers

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