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Translucent glass object which transitions to green around the base featuring an underwater scene with fish and aquatic plants. The gray backdrop glows white around the bottom, illuminating the piece.
Edward Hald, Vase. Gift of the Estate of William E. Brigham

Decorative Arts and Design Galleries

Translucent glass object which transitions to green around the base featuring an underwater scene with fish and aquatic plants. The gray backdrop glows white around the bottom, illuminating the piece.
Edward Hald, Vase. Gift of the Estate of William E. Brigham

Museum Galleries, Decorative Arts and Design

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Works of decorative arts and design are integrated into many galleries throughout the Museum, with concentrations presented in the Lucy Truman Aldrich Porcelain Gallery, featuring 18th-century porcelain figures and tableware; the Mrs. Alexis B. Hafken Farago Bridge Gallery, featuring Asian and European ceramics from the 17th to the 19th centuries; and the Happy White Pendleton Bridge, featuring European and American glass from the 16th to the 20th centuries.

Elizabeth Williams, David & Peggy Rockefeller Curator, Decorative Arts

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Textured ceramic vessel shaped like a soft hourglass in pale pink with a neon yellow pocket containing a glossy maroon triangle, all resting on a circular orange base.

Ron Nagle

Kimberly Timbers
Ceramic teapot with an arched handle, flared base, short spout, and sunken lid. A glossy cream glaze and horizontal bands and patches of reddish-brown covers the body.

Kenneth Ferguson

Teapot

Katherine S. Wood

Diver / Pursuit
Small, cylindrical ceramic jar glazed with a glossy finish with a rough, ribbed surface covered in pores, the earthy red clay textured with patches of blue and gray tones.

Lis Ehrenreich

Albarello

Kay Whitcomb

Crea
Circular ceramic sculpture featuring a cluster of glossy brown, seed-like pods at the center, surrounded by textured cream leaves speckled with brown radiating outwards from the cluster of seeds.

Annabeth Rosen

Untitled (Collage Plate with Dark Amber Leaves)
Stylized ceramic figure of a young man in a black uniform and cap, his features outlined with bold strokes, standing upright and carrying a small satchel at his side.

Akio Takamori 高森昭夫

High School Boy

Bodil Manz

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