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Pair of Vases (Vases marmites)
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This rare vase shape is decorated with the "bleu de roi" ground. The harbor scenes have been attributed to the decorator Jean-Louis Morin; the gilding is by Henri-François Vincent jeune.
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Provenance
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. 66; 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
13 1/16 in. (33.1 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.
VO.26 (48.641, 48.642)