Collection Highlights
Parure
ca. 1820
1920.11-17
Cut steel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Garniture vase
Object name
Garniture vase
Date
1820-1830
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
Overall: 13 1/4 x 8 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. ( 33.7 x 22.2 x 11.4 cm )
Description
Oval-shaped porcelain garniture vase with rectangular paw-footed base; covered in gilding with rectangular panel on one side in which exotic landscape, ship, palm trees and dark-skinned figures are depicted; lion heads with crests as handles.
Credit Line
Bequest of A.E. Gallatin