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One of a Pair of Vases (Vase Danemark à cartels)
(18th and 19th Centuries )
The front reserve of this green-ground vase depicts a sacrifice to Flora in grisaille. It is thought that this vase and its pair (48.614) were presented to the King of Denmark by Louis XV in 1768.
Provenance
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E. M. Hodgkins Collection, Paris, no. 40 [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
| 1909 | Special exhibition of Sèvres Porcelain. Galleries of E. M. Hodgkins, Paris. |
Geographies
France, Sèvres (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 13 9/16 in. (34.4 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.
48.613
