Vase with Plum Tree and Swallows
This baluster shaped vase of white porcelain is painted in underglaze cobalt blue. A flowering plum tree emerging from the jagged rockery covers the body. The plum blossom is emblematic of the return of life in the spring following winter. Two swallows symbolic of fidelity and...
Artifact
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23164
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contentType
object
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stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
William T. or Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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pageCount
1
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import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_49.2287_Fnt_BW_PL90.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_49.2287_Fnt_BW_PL90.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_49.2287_Fnt_BW_PL90.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2287 |