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Large open vessel with claw feet. Out-turned lip decorated with four separately attached scallop shells in relief. Each leg decorated with tree design. Intact. Antiquity of object is in question. Patina not clearly ancient and iconography unusual. Patch repairs to body of vessel. Legs attached with considerable lead. Lip strengthened with additional sheet metal beneath.
28.2 x 52.3 x 71 cm (11 1/8 x 20 9/16 x 27 15/16 in.)
Dr. Harris Kennedy, Milton, MA (by 1932), gift; to the William Hayes Fogg Art Museum, 1932.
Ceramic
18th centuryJapaneseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze enlivened with markings in overglaze iron-brown slip. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChineseSilver
17th centuryBritishSilver
18th centuryBritishTerracotta with dark brown slip used for decoration and for interior of cup, handle
7th century BCEGreekHigh-tin bronze
8th-9th centuryPersianTurned bronze
9th-10th centuryVietnameseEnameled ware: porcelain with decoration in overglaze sepia enamel; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Yongzheng nian zhi" on the base
18th centuryChineseSterling silver
20th centuryAmericanLeaded bronze
5th-3rd century BCEEtruscan