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One of a Pair of Vases (Vase à anses carrées)
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This form of vase with angular handles hung with laurel garlands was introduced at Sèvres in 1768. The gilded arabesques on the turquoise or "bleu céleste" ground were painted by the gilder M. B. Chauvaux, le père. This vase is one of a pair with WAM 48.569.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Madame Dhainaut Sale, Paris, May 1924, no. 46; E. M. Hodgkins Collection, Paris, no. 47 [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.
Geographies
France, Sèvres (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 15 1/8 in. (38.42 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1928
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.570
