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Covered bowl and stand

Sèvres Manufactory (France)

Jean René Dubois

1762

Medium/TechniqueSoft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels and gold

DimensionsOverall (bowl with cover): 11.7 x 17.1 x 13.6 cm (4 5/8 x 6 3/4 x 5 3/8 in.)
Overall (stand): 4.2 x 22.5 x 18.2 cm (1 5/8 x 8 7/8 x 7 3/16 in.)

Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection

Accession number65.1786a-c

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ClassificationsCeramics

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Europe

InscriptionsBowl:incised DU. Stand: interlaced Ls enclosing date letter I; unknown painter's mark of a leafy branch, in blue enamel; incised dc and gc.ProvenanceFrench private collection. January 3, 1951, sold by Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York, to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)