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| Keywords: Chelsea Porcelain Factory - Octagonal Vase - Walters 48771 - Side A.jpg The reserve panels on this vase are decorated with chinoiseries romantic images that evoke the Far East but which are European in fashion Chinoiseries remained popular throughout the 18th century and could be found on paintings tapestries and dresses as well as mirrors teapots and beds These particular scenes are taken from engravings by Jean-Joseph Balechou and Pierre Aveline after Francois Boucher's Les Delices de l'Enfance ca 1748 ca 1758 1769 soft-paste porcelain cm 53 7 accession number 48 771 18264 D C Marjoribanks St George Henry Lowther 4th Earl of Lonsdale Hugh Cecil Lowther 5th Earl of Lonsdale George R Harding London date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1911 paper sticker no 201 place of origin London Chelsea England United Kingdom Walters Art Museum license Chelsea porcelain in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
