Project for a marble flower bowl
Unknown Maker
The basin is decorated with a calyx, two ducks, a molding. It stands on a column, the shaft of which is surrounded by ivy. Underneath is a pedestal, showing at the corners the foreparts of a crouching dragon, which are connected by a festoon. Base with three sections. Bottom: a plan.
Credit: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
1800-1825
Pencil, pen, wash, ink, grayish paper
1938-88-5386
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