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Source Description
The white ground of this vase is almost entirely covered with tooled gilding against dark blue. The central panel depicts putti bearing military arms.
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Document identity
localId
36057
label
One of a Pair of Vases (Vase chinois; vase à pied de globe)
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obj
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object
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4
Source metadata
id
36057
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
One of a Pair of Vases (Vase chinois; vase à pied de globe)
description
The white ground of this vase is almost entirely covered with tooled gilding against dark blue. The central panel depicts putti bearing military arms.
provenance
King Louis XVI, Château of Saint Cloud; Collection of the Marchioness of Conyngham [according to Hodgkins] [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; E. M. Hodgkins Collection, Paris, no. 49 [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
1774
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
vases
covers
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4
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4
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 19 1/8 in. (48.6 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Factory Mark] In cover: Intertwined Lls; [Date] Letter: V (1774); [Decorator's Mark] B (Boulanger
Jean-Pierre père [active 1754-1784])
med
soft paste porcelain
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1916
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3756
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EAN
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none
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