Flower Pot (Vase hollandois)
This type of pot was used for growing plants and bulbs, which were watered through the holes on the base. This example is decorated with a dark blue ground with circular and rectangular reserves of flowers and harbor scenes painted by Jean-Louis Morin (1754-1787).
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Provenance
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E. M. Hodgkins Collection, Paris, [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: 6 7/8 x W: 6 7/8 in. (17.46 x 17.46 cm)
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.
48.628