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Vase (Vase à oreilles)
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This tulip-shaped vase with ears was first made in 1754. After 1755, it was produced in large quantities in five sizes.
This example is decorated with the "bleu lapis" ground color. Birds and foliage are painted on the reserves.
Provenance
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E. M. Hodgkins Collection, Paris, no. 6 [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.
Geographies
France, Sèvres (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 9 in. (22.9 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.
48.609
