Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
One of a Pair of Vases (Vase à tête de lion)
1765-1770
soft paste porcelain
(18th and 19th Centuries )
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This urn-shaped vase with lion heads is decorated with the "bleu nouveau" ground color and with grisaille panels depicting putti and trophies.
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. 59 [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.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 8/5/1975 | Treatment | cleaned |
Geographies
France, Sèvres (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 15 7/8 in. (40.4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
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.
48.579
