Two-handled bowl

Two-handled bowl

Jacob Boelen

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Similar in design to the larger example marked by Jessie Kip (23.80.17), this modest six-paneled bowl is ornamented with punched decoration and sturdy C-scroll handles. The three sets of initials engraved on its underside represent three previous owners and appear to have been added at different dates.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The American Wing's ever-evolving collection comprises some 20,000 works of art by African American, Euro American, Latin American, and Native American men and women. Ranging from the colonial to early-modern periods, the holdings include painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts—including furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass, silver, metalwork, jewelry, basketry, quill and bead embroidery—as well as historical interiors and architectural fragments.