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    "localId": "5237",
    "label": "One of a Pair of Vases (Vase à bandes)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.561"
}

{
    "id": "5237",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.561",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "One of a Pair of Vases (Vase à bandes)",
    "description": "This neoclassical vase (one of a pair) is distinguished by its satyr-head handles. The ground is a color known as \"bleu nouveau,\" and rich oak and laurel garlands in gold surround the painted decorations.  At Sèvres, a plaster model for this oviform shape is inscribed with the name of the sculptor Etienne-Maurice Falconet (1716-1791), but the designer was more likely the director of sculpture at the manufactory, Louis-Simon Boizot (1743-1809). Jean-Louis Morin (1731-1787) decorated the vase with harbor scenes, and Jean Pierre Boulanger père (1722-1785) was responsible for the gilding. There is a similar vase in the Wallace Collection, as well as in the Palazzo Pitti in Florence.",
    "provenance": "Lady Ashburaton Collection (?). E. M. Hodgkins Collection, Paris [1].  A. Seligmann, Rey and Co., New York; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] no. 44",
    "date": "1776",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.561",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "vases",
        "covers"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_48.561_Fnt_BW_H76.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_48.561_Fnt_BW_H76.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_48.561_Fnt_BW_H76.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: H: 16 3/4 in. (42.6 cm) / Vase without lid: H: 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm) / Lid only: 3 in. (7.6 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": [
        "Visible marks. [Factory Mark] In blue: Intertwined Lls; [Date] Letter in blue: Y (1776); [Decorator's Mark] In blue: M (Morin",
        "Jean-Louis [1732-1787]); [Decorator's Mark] In blue: B (Boulanger",
        "Jean Pierre père [1722-1785])"
    ],
    "med": "soft paste porcelain with enamels and gilt",
    "creator_ids": [
        "1915",
        "3756",
        "1916",
        "3855"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "146"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_48.561_Fnt_DD_T13.jpg",
    "mediaId": "0a60bc1f1c38fa95"
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