File:French - Perfumer (Cassolette) - Walters 542261.jpg

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Perfumer (Cassolette)   (  )
Artist	Anonymous (France)Unknown author
Title	Perfumer (Cassolette)
Description	English: 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.
Date	between 1745 and 1749 date QS:P571,+1745-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1745-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1749-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium	Chinese porcelain, soft-paste porcelain, ormolu
Dimensions	35.5 cm (14 in)
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	54.2261
Place of creation	France
Object history	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
Exhibition history	Chinese Porcelains in European Mounts. China Institute, New York. 1980-1981. The Allure of Bronze. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1995.
Credit line	Museum purchase [formerly part of the Walters Collection], 1941
Inscriptions	stamped with the crowned C
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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