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Source Description
This vase and its pair (48.625), are decorated with the "bleu nouveau" ground color and have handles in the form of rings of laurel leaves. The vases are decorated with panels showing amorous shepherds and shepherdesses. Pithou the elder painted these scenes after Francois Boucher's paintings "La Musique pastorale" and "Les Amusements de la campagne" (1743).
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Document identity
localId
38481
label
One of a Pair of Vases (Vase à feuilles de laurier)
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obj
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object
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2
Source metadata
id
38481
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
One of a Pair of Vases (Vase à feuilles de laurier)
description
This vase and its pair (48.625), are decorated with the "bleu nouveau" ground color and have handles in the form of rings of laurel leaves. The vases are decorated with panels showing amorous shepherds and shepherdesses. Pithou the elder painted these scenes after Francois Boucher's paintings "La Musique pastorale" and "Les Amusements de la campagne" (1743).
provenance
Collection of Sir Anthony Rothschild [according to Hodgkins, remains to be verified]; E. M. Hodgkins Collection, Paris, no. 51 [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
1772
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
vases
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 12 13/16 in. (32.6 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Factory Mark] Intertwined Lls; [Date] Letter: T (1772); [Modeler's Mark] Incised in the glaze: PT (initials could refer to either Pierre-Edmond Tristant aîné (c.1741-1788)
a turner
repairer
and sculptor of soft and hard paste; or Philibert Choulet aîné (op.1756-1779)
a turner and possibly repairer of soft and hard paste)
med
soft paste porcelain
creator_ids
1916
2724
2402
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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b0e659771d7167fe
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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bb5819c6d471cd27
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no
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no