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Source Description
One of these vases is dated 1749. They were perhaps part of a set of four covered vases that we know from documents were acquired by Mme. de Pompadour, mistress of Louis XV in 1752.
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Document identity
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123692
label
Pair of Covered Vases
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Source metadata
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123692
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object
title
Pair of Covered Vases
description
One of these vases is dated 1749. They were perhaps part of a set of four covered vases that we know from documents were acquired by Mme. de Pompadour, mistress of Louis XV in 1752.
date
1749
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60781059
creators
11685
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Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 37.4 x 32.7 x 21 cm (14 3/4 x 12 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
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Germany, 18th century
accession
1944.229
Source extras
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porcelain mounted in gilt bronze
tombstone
Pair of Covered Vases, 1749. Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710). Porcelain mounted in gilt bronze; overall: 37.4 x 32.7 x 21 cm (14 3/4 x 12 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1944.229
collection
Decorative Arts
citations
citation
Foote, Helen. "Early French and German Porcelain Formerly in the J. Pierpont Morgan Collection." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>31, no. 9 (November 1944): 160-162.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 162; Reproduced: p. 165
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 310
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 138
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
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Reproduced: p. 138
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
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Reproduced: p. 181
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: P. 64, no. 67
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 06:22:15.685000
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123692
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Decorative Art and Design
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Decorative Arts
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porcelain mounted in gilt bronze
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gender unknown
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