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Vase

ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Datec. 1770-1784
Mediumsoft-paste porcelain, enamel colors and gilding
Dimensionsoverall: 13 × 7 × 4 1/2 in. (33 × 17.8 × 11.4 cm.)
DescriptionThis is one of a pair of porcelain vases (#22.53-22.54) with handles and covers in mazarin blue ground enriched with foliage and scrolls in gold. On the front is a painted classical scene in a sylvan setting, while the back is decorated with floral motifs.
Markingsgold anchor on bottom
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on view
Object number22.54
Terms
    Vase
    c. 1770-1784
    Object number: 22.53
    Photography by Lawrence Pierce
    c. 1770-1784
    Object number: 23.48
    Photography by Lawrence Pierce
    c. 1770-1784
    Object number: 23.47
    Vase with cover
    c. 1758-1769
    Object number: 23.25
    Vase with cover
    c. 1758-1769
    Object number: 23.26
    Lidded Vase
    Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
    ca. 1770
    Object number: 27.33A
    Lidded Vase
    Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
    ca. 1770
    Object number: 27.33B
    Flower Vase
    Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
    1759
    Object number: 27.44
    Vase
    c.1758-1769
    Object number: 23.24
    Vase
    c. 1758-1769
    Object number: 24.6
    Flower Vase
    Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
    1759
    Object number: 27.48
    Flower Vase
    Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
    1762
    Object number: 27.49