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This square plant pot takes it shape from the terracotta tubs used to hold orange trees at Versailles and other French royal palaces but the form has been shrunk down to a much smaller scale. The pot’s pink ground color frames shaped reserve panels on each of the four sides, which have been finely painted with children playing in landscapes. The borders of the panels are adorned with elaborate scroll- and trellis-work gilding.In the past this pink ground color has often been called "rose Pompadour" or "rose Dubarry," after the famous mistresses of King Louis XV. However, there is no evidence that either mistress was associated with its invention.
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