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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.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
37491
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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3
Source metadata
id
37491
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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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. 48 [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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3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: H: 19 in. (48.2 cm) / Vase without lid: H: 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm) / Lid only: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 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])
RelatedObjects
36057
med
soft paste porcelain
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1916
2977
3756
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EAN
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none
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