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Source Description
This vase and its pair (48.626) 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 François Boucher's paintings "La Musique pastorale" and "Les Amusements de la campagne" (1743).
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Document identity
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2104
label
One of a Pair of Vases (Vase à feuilles de laurier)
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Source metadata
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2104
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title
One of a Pair of Vases (Vase à feuilles de laurier)
description
This vase and its pair (48.626) 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 François 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. 50 [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
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CC0
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en
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Ceramics
vases
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2
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import
dimensionsRaw
H: 12 13/16 in. (32.6 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Factory Mark] Intertwined Lls; [Date] Letter: T (1772)
RelatedObjects
38481
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soft paste porcelain
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1916
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2402
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EAN
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none
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1
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photo
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56206cee9254bb29
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2
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photo
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718639c72c857000
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