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Carp Vase
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Commodore Perry's arrival in Japan in 1854 opened the country's borders to Western commerce. Within a few years, Western designers and artists, inspired by imported Japanese objects, began to interpret nature from a new perspective. Among the most innovative designers to adopt "Japonisme," as the phenomenon became known, was Eugène Rousseau. Initially, he specialized in ceramics, but in the late 1870s and early 1880s, Rousseau produced designs for glass manufactured by Appert Frères in Clichy. At the 1878 Exposition Universelle, he exhibited some remarkable examples of glass produced in collaboration with the glass factory of Appert Frères. In this instance, the image of the carp in the swirling waters was taken from an "ukiyo-e" print in Hokusai's "Manga," a series of woodblock prints based on the artist's sketches of nature.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2018-2019 | Japanese Woodblock Prints: The Art of Collaboration. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 1988 | Le Japonisme. Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; Musee National d' Art Occidental, Tokyo. |
| 1982 | 3000 Years of Glass: Treasures from The Walters Art Gallery. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1975-1976 | Japonisme: Japanese Influence in French Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland; Rutgers University Art Museum, New Brunswick; The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 2/4/1982 | Treatment | surface cleaned |
Geographies
France, Clichy (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 7 1/4 × W: 5 9/16 × D: 4 5/16 in. (18.4 × 14.2 × 10.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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47.384