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Vase (Vase A de 1780)

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (French, active 1756 - present) (Manufacturer)

After François Boucher (French, 1703-1770) (Artist)

1780

soft paste porcelain
(18th and 19th Centuries )

This is one of a series of similar vases made between 1780 and 1784, each designated by a letter of the alphabet. The ground is dark blue ("beau bleu.") The handles are in the form of white and gold scrolls. A garland in relief is draped through them and fastens to the neck. On the body of the vase are two roughly oblong reserves (painted panels) bearing, on one side, a scene of the god Jupiter courting the nymph Callisto after a painting by François Boucher, and on the other, flowers, including roses and forget-me-nots.

Inscription

[Decorator's Mark] Probably Chabry, Etienne-Jean, fils, fils âiné

Provenance

**Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.**

Sequin Schroeder Collection (?). E. M. Hodgkins Collection, Paris [1]. A. Seligmann, Rey and Co., New York; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.

[1] no. 71

Exhibitions

1862	Special Exhibition of the Works of Art of the Mediaeval, Renaissance, and More Recent Periods. South Kensington Museum, London.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
8/5/1975	Treatment	cleaned

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Geographies

France, Sèvres (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 17 13/16 in. (45.2 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1928

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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48.571

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