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Drawing, Funerary Vessel with Thre

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1800 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is watercolor, graphite, ruled border in brush and blac support: white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

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Its dimensions are

32.2 x 31.1 cm (12 11/16 x 12 1/4 in.) Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.)

It has the following markings

Marks: Strasburg lily with beehive over C & I HONIG (RB '45)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Funerary Vessel with Thre; Italy; watercolor, graphite, ruled border in brush and blac support: white laid paper; 32.2 x 31.1 cm (12 11/16 x 12 1/4 in.) Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-3947

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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