Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Frog Vessel
Artistunknown Zuni
Person or group, or a general cultural designation, belonging to the Zuñi, Western Pueblo, Native North American culture. [Getty ULAN]
Dateca. 1880
MediumClay and clay slip
Dimensions8 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. (21.6 x 29.8 cm)
Mark(s)old paper label found inside vessel with handwritten inscriptions: Zuni / water bowl. / pool of water with / frogs leaping into it / [illegible] of enamel / work died out with / family
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of Bruce Hartman, Prairie Village, KS, in memory of Margaret Wiltsee, Lee's Summit, MO, 2020.119
ClassificationCeramics
ProvenanceMr. Wiltsee, 1880; by descent to Margaret Wiltsee, Lee’s Summit, MO; by bequest to Bruce Hartman, Prairie Village, KS, mid-1980s; given to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2020
On ViewYes
This artwork's face covers about 14× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.