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Bowl and Water Pitcher with Putti and Bird Motifs
1754
Soft-paste porcelain decorated in enamels ang gilding, metal mounts (on pitcher)
(18th and 19th Centuries )
(18th and 19th Centuries )
The painter André-Vincent Vielliard (active 1752-1790) painted the putti and bird motifs in blue on this white-ground bowl and water pitcher.
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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.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France, Vincennes (Place of Origin)
Measurements
48.535: H: 2 9/16 × Diam: 6 5/16 in. (6.5 × 16 cm);
48.723: 5 × 4 5/16 × 3 5/16 in. (12.7 × 10.9 × 8.4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
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.
VO.20 (48.535, 48.723)