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Source Description
This form of vase with angular handles hung with laurel garlands was introduced at Sèvres in 1768. The gilded arabesques on the turquoise or "bleu céleste" ground were painted by the gilder M. B. Chauvaux, le père. This vase is one of a pair with WAM 48.569.
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Document identity
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13582
label
One of a Pair of Vases (Vase à anses carrées)
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Source metadata
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13582
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normalized
title
One of a Pair of Vases (Vase à anses carrées)
description
This form of vase with angular handles hung with laurel garlands was introduced at Sèvres in 1768. The gilded arabesques on the turquoise or "bleu céleste" ground were painted by the gilder M. B. Chauvaux, le père. This vase is one of a pair with WAM 48.569.
provenance
Madame Dhainaut Sale, Paris, May 1924, no. 46; E. M. Hodgkins Collection, Paris, no. 47 [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
1773
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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Ceramics
vases
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3
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3
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import
dimensionsRaw
H: 15 1/8 in. (38.42 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Factory Mark] Intertwined Lls; [Date] Letter in blue: U (1773); [Gilder's Mark] # (Chauvaux
Michel Barnabé
père)
RelatedObjects
34332
med
soft paste porcelain
creator_ids
3762
1916
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EAN
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none
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photo
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photo
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