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University City Pottery
Vase1911

Not on view
Tall ceramic vase with slate blue glaze, carved overall with interlacing grasses and stems in sage green and cream, with a cluster of small mushrooms near the lower body
Tall ceramic vase with a narrow cylindrical form and flared rim, decorated with incised and slip-painted design of intertwining bare branches and small mushrooms in green, gold, and cream against a matte blue ground.
Artist or Maker
University City Pottery
Artist or Maker
Frederick Hurten Rhead
Title
Vase
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1911
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Diameter: 5 1/8 in. (13.02 cm) Height: 17 1/4 in. (43.82 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Max Palevsky and Jodie Evans
Accession Number
M.91.375.44
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Bowman, Leslie Greene. American Arts and Crafts: Virtue in Design. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990.
  • Kaplan, Wendy; contributions by Crawford, Alan; Joppien, Rüdiger; Kinchin, Juliet; Ogata, Amy F.; Stavenow-Hidemark, Elisabet; Witt-Dörring, Christian. The Arts & Crafts Movement in Europe & America. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2004.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.