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{
    "localId": "77457",
    "label": "Pair of Vases (Vases des âges à têtes d'enfants)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.21 (48.566, 48.567)"
}

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    "id": "77457",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.21 (48.566, 48.567)",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Pair of Vases (Vases des âges à têtes d'enfants)",
    "description": "Between 1778 and 1782, Sèvres manufactured for Louis XVI a series of vases with handles shaped as busts of infants, young women, and old men, hence the name \"vases des âges.\" The Walters' examples, with the infants and a \"bleu nouveau\" ground color, bear classical scenes and an additional decoration of \"jewels\" composed of enamel drops over gold foil.The classical scenes are derived from an illustrated edition of Télémaque, a romance set in antiquity written by Fénélon in 1699. These vases show Telemachus, the son of Ulysses, winning a chariot race and Minerva, disguised as an old man, persuading Telemachus to participate in a war against the Dauniens. These vases were designed by Jacques-François Deparis. The painting was by Antoine Caton, the gilding by Etienne-Henry Le Guay, and the jewels by Philippe Parpette.",
    "provenance": "Louis XVI, Chateau de Versailles, November 2, 1781, by purchase [from Sèvres factory];  Rothchild Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [not verified];  Collection Park Heirlooms [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; E.M. Hodgkins, Paris, no. 69 [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. 1778",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.21 (48.566, 48.567)",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "vases"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.566-567_3Qtr_SL.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "14 in. (35.5 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Repairer's Mark] Incised on the inside of the rim: B (Bono",
        "Étienne Henri",
        "répareur);  [Gilder's Mark] Le Guay",
        "Etienne Henry"
    ],
    "RelatedObjects": 21080,
    "med": "soft-paste porcelain with gilt and enamel",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2082",
        "4150",
        "4540",
        "1916",
        "5429",
        "2960"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL1_48.566-567_Gp_TR_T97III.jpg",
    "mediaId": "1014b87108d94865"
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