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Encensoir; Encensoir, 5th Plate
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier1740
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Censer in form of a covered vase, suspended by four chains. The upper portion of the vase is decorated with swirling bands of leaves, the lower body decorated with a central cartouche. The vase resets on an asymmetrical base. On the lower right foreground, a small pouring vessel on a rococo stand. Above right, a small flaming censer held by chains.
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Details
- Title: Encensoir; Encensoir, 5th Plate
- Creator: Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier
- Creator Lifespan: 1695/1750
- Date Created: 1740
- Type: Print
- Rights: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium: Engraving on white laid paper
- Provenance: Jean Léon Decloux (Decloux 173)
- Paper Support: White laid paper
- Inscribed: Inscribed on plate, upper left: N; upper right: 82; lower left, J.A. Meissonnier inv.; lower center, Encensoir; lower right: Huquier Sculp et ex rue S. Jacque CPR
- Dimensions: Platemark: 39.3 x 19.8 cm (15 1/2 x 7 13/16 in.)
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