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Work of Art Details

Vase (Vase à oreilles)

Description: 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 in "bleu lapis" with reserved panels of birds and foliage.

Designer: Jean-Claude Duplessis le père (French, ca. 1695-1774)
Manufacturer: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (French, active 1756-present)
Created: 1755-1760
Medium: soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions: 9 in. (22.9 cm)

Country: France

Provenance: 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.

Credit Line: Acquired by Henry Walters, 1928
Accession No. 48.609