Vase
Sèvres Manufactory
(France)
Charles-Eloi Asselin
(French, 1743–1804)
1776
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueHard-paste biscuit porcelain
Dimensions41.91 cm (16 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Robert Treat Paine II
Accession number41.109
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceThomas Pearson Thorne (b. 1861 - d. 1922), Paris and New York [see note 1]; probably about 1900/1915, sold by Thorne to Duveen Brothers, New York; by 1920, sold by Duveen to Frank Gray Griswold (b. 1854 - d. 1937) and Josephine Houghteling Griswold (b. 1864 - d. 1937), New York [see note 2]; February 15, 1941, posthumous Mrs. F. Gray Griswold sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, lot 6. 1941, gift of Robert Treat Paine, II to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 13, 1941)
NOTES:[1] According to the 1941 Parke-Bernet catalogue. Thorne was an active client of Duveen, particularly around 1900-1915. See Collectors' files: Thorne, T. P., ca. 1901-1928 within the Duveen Brothers Records, Series II.I, Collectors' files. [2] Lent to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition, 1920.
NOTES:[1] According to the 1941 Parke-Bernet catalogue. Thorne was an active client of Duveen, particularly around 1900-1915. See Collectors' files: Thorne, T. P., ca. 1901-1928 within the Duveen Brothers Records, Series II.I, Collectors' files. [2] Lent to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition, 1920.
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