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Peter Voulkos
Container with cover1953

Not on view
Stoneware lidded vessel with faceted body, alternating blue and indigo tile panels decorated with scrolling white motifs, unglazed dark brown clay at neck and foot
Close-up photograph of a ceramic vessel's unglazed base, showing coarse speckled stoneware clay with two lines of red-stamped Japanese or Chinese characters on the foot ring interior.
Artist or Maker
Peter Voulkos
United States, Montana, Bozeman, active United States, California, Berkeley, Oakland, and Los Angeles, 1924-2002
Title
Container with cover
Date Made
1953
Medium
Stoneware
Dimensions
Overall (Diameter) (Container): 18 × 8 in. (45.72 × 20.32 cm) Overall (Diameter) (Cover): 5 × 8 in. (12.7 × 20.32 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Kathleen Garfield
Accession Number
M.2019.311.2a-b
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design