Producer unknown to us
Large double vase with peony decorations
Asia, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
Before 1972
Ceramic, celadon glazed
State gift to Erich Honecker (1st Secretary of the Central Committee of the SED) on his 60th birthday from the Labor Party of (Noth)Korea; transferred to the Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden by the Central Committee of the SED in 1982
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The vase was a gift to the Chairman of the State Council of the GDR, Erich Honecker, in 1972 on the occasion of his 60th birthday. This state gift, initially kept at the Museum für Deutsche Geschichte, was transferred to the Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden in 1982 with the approval of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED.
Petra Martin