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Tulip-Shaped Vase
19th century
soft paste porcelain
(18th and 19th Centuries )
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This vase (and its mate, Walters 48.612) is probably a nineteenth-century replica of the Vincennes-Sèvres "vase à oreilles," designed by Jean-Claude Duplessis in the eighteenth century.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
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. 8 [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.
Exhibitions
| 1965 | Continental Table Porcelain of the Eighteenth Century. de Young Museum, San Francisco. |
| 1959 | Age of Elegance: The Rococo and its Effects. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. |
Geographies
France, Sèvres (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 8 7/16 in. (21.5 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.
48.611
