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Source Description
These ovoid-shaped vases with domed foliate-carved covers were based on a design engraved by Jean-Claude Duplessis, the sculptor at the Sèvres Porcelain manufactory. Vases of the same shape come from the atelier of Charles-Etienne Thomas (1787-1857). These are in the Musee de Dieppe (Inv. 764-765).
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Document identity
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36624
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Pair of Ornamental Vases with Garlands, Acanthus and Other Foliage
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Source metadata
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36624
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title
Pair of Ornamental Vases with Garlands, Acanthus and Other Foliage
description
These ovoid-shaped vases with domed foliate-carved covers were based on a design engraved by Jean-Claude Duplessis, the sculptor at the Sèvres Porcelain manufactory. Vases of the same shape come from the atelier of Charles-Etienne Thomas (1787-1857). These are in the Musee de Dieppe (Inv. 764-765).
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1830
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CC0
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en
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Ivory & Bone
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vases
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
12 13/16 in. (32.5 cm)
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ivory, ebony wood
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6229
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EAN
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none
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0
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