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Vase (Vase A de 1780)
1784
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
The scene of Venus, Adonis, and Cupid is derived from a painting by François Boucher. The title of this vase form, 'Vase A de 1780,' refers to the year in which it was designed.
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- Title: Vase (Vase A de 1780)
- Creator: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (French, active 1756-present)
- Date Created: 1784
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Manufacturer: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (French, active 1756-present), Artist: After François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
- Provenance: Sequin Schroeder Collection (?). E. M. Hodgkins Collection, Paris [1]. A. Seligmann, Rey and Co., New York; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931. [1] no. 72
- Object Type: vases; lids
- Medium: soft-paste porcelain
- Inscriptions: [Factory Mark] In gold: Intertwined Lls; [Date] Letters in gold: gg (1784); [Decorator's Mark] Interlaced Lls; [Gilder's Mark] In gold: HP (Prévost, Henry-Martin)
- Geography: Place of Origin: Sèvres
- Dimensions: Overall: 17 5/16 in. (43.9 cm)
- Credit Line: Acquired by Henry Walters
- Classification: Ceramics
- Accession Number: 48.58
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