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| Keywords: French - Perfumer (Cassolette) - Walters 542261.jpg The marchands-merciers or purveyors of the arts frequently determined the course of fashion in 18th-century France In this instance a marchand-mercier has had a Chinese porcelain figure of the Buddhist monk Pu-tai Ho Shang and a cup mounted in an ormolu bower adorned with Vincennes porcelain flowers The ormolu is stamped with the crowned C mark indicating that it was made between 1745 and 1749 between 1745 1749 Chinese porcelain soft-paste porcelain ormolu cm 35 56 accession number 54 2261 14256 Henry Walters New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Sadie Jones Mrs Henry Walters New York 1931 by inheritance Joseph Brummer New York date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum 1941 by purchase Museum purchase formerly part of the Walters Collection 1941 stamped with the crowned C Chinese Porcelains in European Mounts China Institute New York 1980-1981 The Allure of Bronze The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Art of France in the Walters Art Museum Budai sculptures Ormolu Perfume burners | ||||
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