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Source Description
This type of pot was used for growing plants and bulbs, which were watered through the holes on the base. This example is decorated with a dark blue ground with circular and rectangular reserves of flowers and harbor scenes painted by Jean-Louis Morin (1754-1787).
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
5239
label
Flower Pot (Vase hollandois)
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
5239
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Flower Pot (Vase hollandois)
description
This type of pot was used for growing plants and bulbs, which were watered through the holes on the base. This example is decorated with a dark blue ground with circular and rectangular reserves of flowers and harbor scenes painted by Jean-Louis Morin (1754-1787).
provenance
E. M. Hodgkins Collection, Paris, [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
ca. 1779
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
vases
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
17.5
height
17.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 6 7/8 x W: 6 7/8 in. (17.46 x 17.46 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Factory Mark] Intertwined Lls; [Gilder's Mark] B (Boulanger
1754 - 84)
med
soft paste porcelain
creator_ids
1916
1915
3756
collection_ids
none
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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aabcec802945e925
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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81a65d02b809bba4
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no
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no