Large Open Vessel With Claw Feet
n.d.
Description
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.
Dimensions
28.2 x 52.3 x 71 cm (11 1/8 x 20 9/16 x 27 15/16 in.)
Provenance
Dr. Harris Kennedy, Milton, MA (by 1932), gift; to the William Hayes Fogg Art Museum, 1932.
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