One of a Pair of Vases (Vase chinois; vase à pied de globe)

1774 Overall: H: 19 in. (48.2 cm) / Vase without lid: H: 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm) / Lid only: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm) Citation Source image

The white ground of this vase is almost entirely covered with tooled gilding against dark blue. The central panel depicts putti bearing military arms.

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King Louis XVI, Château of Saint Cloud; Collection of the Marchioness of Conyngham [according to Hodgkins] [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; E. M. Hodgkins Collection, Paris, no. 48 [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.
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