vase (containers); lid (containers)

Large rounded vase with domed lid. The vase has a circular base leading to a rounded body and narrower circular neck. It is divided into three main decorative bands with the main band containing floral motifs in blue and turquoise. The upper and lower bands are of leaf shapes with a centeral pointed element in turquoise with blue outlines. The decoration is under a transparent glaze. The domed lid is of the same colours, and is decorated on the outer surface with concentric bands of petals primarily in turquoise around the central dark blue knop.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn19545
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 351 mm x 233 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
ceramic; glaze
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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