Octagonal Vase

ca. 1758-1769 21 1/8 in. (53.7 cm) Citation Source image

The largest white (reserve) panels on this vase are decorated with "chinoiseries," which fancifully imagine life in the “East” for a European audience. Chinoiseries remained popular throughout the 18th century and could be found on paintings, tapestries, and dresses, as well a...

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18264
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D. C. Marjoribanks; St. George Henry Lowther, 4th Earl of Lonsdale; Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale; George R. Harding, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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