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Vase with Lion-Head Handles
(China )
This tall baluster vase consists of a white porcelain body covered with creamy white glaze. The round body, widest at the shoulders, slopes to a circular foot. Two lion heads with curly manes and brows appear in high relief on either side beneath the shoulders and are pierced through the mouth. The vase also has a wide flared mouth separated from the body by a notch in the paste. When looking into the mouth, one can see where the thick application of glaze ends.
Provenance
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Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876; purchased by William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1876; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Exhibitions
| 1876 | Centennial Exhibition Philadelphia. Memorial Hall, Philadelphia, Philadelphia. |
Geographies
China, Fukien (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 16 9/16 in. (42 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters, 1876
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.
49.2131