Detail View: The AMICA Library: Covered Vase
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AMICA ID:
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MIA_.94.35a,b
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Name:
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Ekberg, Josef
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Swiss
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Creator Role:
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designer
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1877 - 1945
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Josef Ekberg
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Creator Name:
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Wennerberg, Gunnar Gunnarsson
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Scandinavian; Swedish
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Creator Role:
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artistic director
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Gunnar Gunnarsson Wennerberg
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Creator Name:
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Gustavsburg Factory
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Scandinavian; Swedish
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Creator Role:
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manufacturer
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Gustavsburg Factory
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Title:
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Covered Vase
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View:
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Front
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Creation Date:
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1899
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Creation Start Date:
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1899
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Creation End Date:
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1899
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Materials and Techniques:
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earthenware, underglaze slip, glaze
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Classification Term:
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pottery
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Creation Place:
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Värmdî
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Dimensions:
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H.22-3/4 x D.13 in.
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Component Measured:
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overall
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Measurement Unit:
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in
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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Owner Location:
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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ID Number:
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94.35a,b
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Credit Line:
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Gift of the Decorative Arts Council and Daniel Morris & Denis Gallion, Historical Design Collection, Inc., New York
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Inscriptions:
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SIGNATURE, STAMP, INITIALS
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Rights:
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Context:
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Gunnar Wennerberg trained at Sèvres, the ceramic center of the Art Nouveau style in France. When Wennerberg became artistic director of the Gustavsberg factory, near Stockholm, in 1897, he introduced the fashionable new style to Sweden. Soon the Gustavsberg factory became well known for the matte green glaze and sgraffito decoration found on this covered jar, which was designed by Josef Ekberg, one of Wennerberg's students. Sgrafffito, a technique that originated in China, involves overlaying a clay pot with a slip in a contrasting color. Decorations are then scraped into the surface, revealing the ground color underneath and creating raised patterns when the vessel is fired. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MIA_.2294c.tif
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