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Covered Vase
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This vase is composed of an urn-shaped porcelain body which has been accentuated with elaborate ormolu or gilt-metal mounts. Topping the lid are two playful putti, one with a circlet of vine leaves around his head. The porcelain, which was possibly manufactured by Sèvres, has been decorated with a dark blue ground over which gilded decoration has been added at the urn's middle and just above the gilt-metal foot. Impressed marks found on the foot of the vase indicate it may have been part of the furnishings of the Chateau de Saint-Cloud, just west of Paris.
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Provenance
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Château de Saint-Cloud, Saint-Cloud, France (?). William T. or Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Exhibitions
| 1956 | French Taste in the Eighteenth Century. The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit. |
Geographies
France, Sèvres (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 13 13/16 x W: 6 11/16 in. (35.1 x 17 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.1843