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Ewer and basin
Ewer and basin, hard-paste porcelain, helmet-shaped ewer with an elongated body narrowing at the base and with a spreading circular pedestal foot, deep pouring spout and a high loop handle with a lower acanthus leaf terminal and an upper griffin head terminal, circular ewer with an indented base and an everted rim; the neck and spout and handle of the ewer are gilded, the interior rim of the ewer and the rim of the basin are banded with a gilt border, the base of the ewer are decorated with three gilt bands, both pieces are painted with a continuous border of large sprays of flowers.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 38802
Measurements
Height
(cm): 26.7
diam
(cm): 12.2
l(cm) handle to lip:13.8 (ewer)
l(cm)
Height
(in): 10
diam
(in): 4
l(in) handle to lip:5 3/8 (ewer)
l(in)
Height
(cm): 9.1
diam
(cm): 17.2
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 6
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