Polychrome Jar
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Polychrome Jar

TitlePolychrome Jar
ArtistHopi Hopi, First Mesa, Arizona, United States
Datec. 1920 20th century
MediumCeramic and pigment
Classificationearthenware
OriginArizona Arizona
Holding institutionArt Institute of Chicago
Credit lineThrough prior acquisitions of an anonymous donor, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Alsdorf, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Reed Armstrong, Edwin N. Asmann, Herbert Baker, Mrs. Claude A. Benjamin, Charles and Marjorie Benton, Mrs. Gilbert Chapman, Donald M. Coughlin, Dr. Walter Delafield, Mrs. William F. Drews, Stefan Edlis, James W. Ellsworth, Mrs. J. Anastasia Glasheen, Alex Hartler, Grace Hokin, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin E. Hokin, Joseph Lockwood, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Loftus, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Molner in honor of Evan Maurer, Lilac Molner Charitable Trust, Harold Norman, Fred Novy, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Van Zelst and Mrs. Ernest B. Zeisler
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“Polychrome Jar” is a work by Hopi Hopi, First Mesa, Arizona, United States, dated c. 1920. It is executed in ceramic and pigment and classified as earthenware. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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