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Vase Vase

This is a Vase. It was ceramist: Ka Kwong Hui. It is dated 1955 and we acquired it in 1955. Its medium is stoneware, glaze. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Georgiana L. McClellan.

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 28.6 × 18.4 cm (11 1/4 × 7 1/4 in.)

It is signed

On base: "HUI" (in black ink)

Cite this object as

Vase Vase; Ceramist: Ka Kwong Hui (American, b. in Canton, China;1922-2003); USA; stoneware, glaze; H x diam.: 28.6 × 18.4 cm (11 1/4 × 7 1/4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Georgiana L. McClellan; 1955-64-1

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