Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 4 pages
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
The largest white (reserve) panels on this vase are decorated with "chinoiseries," which fancifully imagine life in the “East” for a European audience. Chinoiseries remained popular throughout the 18th century and could be found on paintings, tapestries, and dresses, as well as mirrors, teapots, and beds. When this vase was made Europeans had only recently come to understand the complex technique of how porcelain was manufactured in China. This unusually large vase was made in England, but mimics French fashions; these particular scenes are taken from engravings by Jean-Joseph Balechou and Pierre Aveline after François Boucher's "Les Delices de l'Enfance," ca. 1748.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
18264
label
Octagonal Vase
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
4
Source metadata
id
18264
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Octagonal Vase
description
The largest white (reserve) panels on this vase are decorated with "chinoiseries," which fancifully imagine life in the “East” for a European audience. Chinoiseries remained popular throughout the 18th century and could be found on paintings, tapestries, and dresses, as well as mirrors, teapots, and beds. When this vase was made Europeans had only recently come to understand the complex technique of how porcelain was manufactured in China. This unusually large vase was made in England, but mimics French fashions; these particular scenes are taken from engravings by Jean-Joseph Balechou and Pierre Aveline after François Boucher's "Les Delices de l'Enfance," ca. 1748.
provenance
D. C. Marjoribanks; St. George Henry Lowther, 4th Earl of Lonsdale; Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale; George R. Harding, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1758-1769
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
vases
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensionsRaw
21 1/8 in. (53.7 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
paper sticker: no. 201
med
soft paste porcelain
creator_ids
15410
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
d7842f366d25e6c2
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
637a6b82102772c5
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
3
type
photo
mediaId
542ba072b6773896
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
4
type
photo
mediaId
f6cf4673d354da83
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no