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Vase Showing a Japanese Lady

Eugène Rousseau (French, 1827-1891) (Artist)
Appert Frères (French, active ca. 19th century) (Manufacturer)
1878-84
layered lass, lacquer, red enamel
(18th and 19th Centuries )

Rousseau is regarded as a major pioneer in the renewal of French glass design during the 19th century. In this example, a Japanese lady wearing a kimono and carrying a fan is posed against an oval doorway.

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.

William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

1988 Le Japonisme. Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; Musee National d' Art Occidental, Tokyo.
1982 3000 Years of Glass: Treasures from The Walters Art Gallery. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
2/4/1982 Treatment surface cleaned
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Geographies

France, Clichy (Place of Origin)

Measurements

9 1/16 in. (23 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by William T. Walters

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.

47.380

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