Gourd vase
Object type: Vase
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye
Artist: Jean-Joseph Carriès
Artist bio: French, Lyons 1855–1894 Paris
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: French
Date: ca. 1890
Medium: Stoneware
Dimensions: 9 3/4 × 6 1/2 in., 4 lb. (24.8 × 16.5 cm, 1.8 kg)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit line: Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection, Purchase, Acquisitions Fund; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; and 2011 Benefit Fund, 2013
Accession year: 2013