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Green glazed earthenware vase with four animal-headed handles arching over a bulbous body decorated with raised concentric circles.

Grotesque Vase, c. 1893, Lead-Glazed Earthenware

A green-glazed earthenware vase with a squat bulbous body and short neck. Four sculpted animal-headed handles, with elongated muzzles and horn-like forms, arch from shoulder to rim, and the lower body carries raised concentric circles and leafy motifs in mottled brown and green glaze.

Artist
Christopher Dresser
Date
c. 1893
Medium
Lead-glazed earthenware
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2094 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1898).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Quinn E. Delaney

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