Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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Treble-Gourd Vase with long neck, and Bowl with scalloped edge

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                    Treble-Gourd Vase with long neck, and Bowl with scalloped edge, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
Treble-Gourd Vase with long neck, and Bowl with scalloped edge, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute

An unfinished sketch of a bowl and behind it, to left, a treble-gourd vase.

The Thompson catalogue described the subjects one of a pair of bottles, and one of a pair of bowls, as follows:

'No. 219. Pair of Treble-Gourd Bottles, with long necks. On the two lower gourds leaf-shaped panels with arabesque designs, ornamental bands and the sacred eye; on a blue ground. On the upper gourd four panels with an inscription connected by fillets of diaper; on the neck upright blue leaves with arabesque ornament. Height, 9 ¾ inches.'
'No. 286. Pair of Bowls, with scalloped edge with two rows of shield-shaped panels; on the upper row alternate aster and other flowers; the lower panels, which are moulded, similarly ornamented; on the inner lip a broad band of ornament; in the centre large aster flowers with scroll. Diameter, 8 inches.' 1

Notes:

1: Thompson 1878 [more] , pp. 42 and 57 (cat. nos. 219 and 286) repr. pl. 21.

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