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{
    "localId": "34223",
    "label": "One of a Pair of Vases (Vase cassolette Bachelier)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.564"
}

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    "id": "34223",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.564",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "One of a Pair of Vases (Vase cassolette Bachelier)",
    "description": "This vase (one of a pair) is turquoise blue (\"bleu céleste\") and shows a scene of soldiers resting by a campfire on one side, painted in the manner of P. Wouwermans (1619-1668) by Charles Nicolas Dodin, and military trophies on the other. The gilding is by Etienne-Henry Le Guay. The handles terminate in a relief leaves which travel down the underside of the vase, ancored by cubic forms at the rim. The shoulders have painted panels in a fan-shape with rosettes in pink divided by a gilt trellis. The vase sits on a rectangular plinth, and is topped with a berry knop. The Bearsted Collection in England has a similar pair with marine scenes.",
    "provenance": "Earl of Pembroke;  Earl of Pembroke Collection Sale, May 8, 1851, lot 383;  Mrs. Lyne Stephes [date and mode of acquisition unknown];  Baron Schroeder [date and mode of acquisition unknown];  Baron Schroder Sale, Christie's, July 5, 1910, lots 45 and 46;  E. M. Hodgkins Collection, Paris, no. 64 [date and mode of acquisition unknown];  A. Seligmann, Rey and Co., New York;  Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase;  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1779",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.564",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "vases",
        "covers"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.564_Back_DD_17112003.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.564_Back_DD_17112003.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.564_Back_DD_17112003.jpg",
    "imageCount": 8,
    "pageCount": 8,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 20.3,
            "height": 24.8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 8 × W: 9 3/4 in. (20.32 × 24.77 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": [
        "Visible marks. [Factory Mark] Intertwined Lls; [Date] Letters in blue: bb (1779); [Decorator's Mark] In blue: K (Dodin",
        "Charles-Nicolas [1734-1803]); [Gilder's Mark] In black: LG (Le Guay [de Saint-cloud]",
        "Etienne-Henry",
        "aîné",
        "père [1719/20-c.1799])"
    ],
    "med": "soft paste porcelain",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2402",
        "1916",
        "4540",
        "15563"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "mediaId": "e793a5ddf5c6af7b"
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