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Oviform Vase
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This oviform vase has a "bleu de roi" ground, and is richly decorated with garlands of leaves in gold. It has a tall fluted neck and golden handles with rings and festoons. On the front is a painted scene with a group of peasants, and the reverse with a brightly-colored bird chasing a butterfly surrounded by flowers. There are several similar vases in the Royal Collection in England.
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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.
E. M. Hodgkins Collection, Paris, no. 43; 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: 16 7/16 in. (41.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1928
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.
48.562