Jean-Claude Chambellan Duplessis the Elder
Pair of Vases

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Pair of Vases
Datec. 1760
MediumPetrified wood and gilt bronze
DimensionsOverall (.1): 12 7/8 × 8 3/4 × 5 in. (32.7 × 22.2 × 12.7 cm)
Overall (.2): 13 × 9 1/2 × 5 1/8 in. (33 × 24.1 × 13 cm)
Credit LineHorace Wood Brock Collection, museum purchase funded by Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2021.372.1,.2
Not on view

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Provenance[Didier Aaron, Paris, 1992] ; Horace Wood Brock; MFAH, 2021.

Exhibition History“Rococo: The Continuing Curve, 1730-2008,” Smithsonian - Cooper Hewitt exhibition and catalogue, 2008

Splendor and Elegance: European Decorative Arts and Drawings from the Horace Wood Brock Collection. Museum of Fine Arts Boston, January 22–May 17, 2009

On view 2010—2015 at the Frick Collection


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