Pair of Vases Maker: Unknown

1790–1800

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Needs research

Dimensions

18 1/2 in. (47 cm)
other: 28 in. (71.1 cm)

Credit Line

de Lancey Kountze Collection, Gift of de Lancey Kountze, B.A. 1899

Accession Number

1939.83a-b

Geography

Made in China

Culture

Chinese

Period

18th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Martha Washington (née Martha Dandridge, formerly Martha Parke Custis, 1732–1802) and George Washington (1732–1799) and), Mt. Vernon, Va., by 1802 [see note 1]; by descent to their grand-daughter Eleanor “Nelly” Custis Lewis (1779–1852), Audley, Va., by 1852. William de Lancey Kountze (1878–1946), New York, by 1939; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1939

Note 1: The vases were likely gifted to George Washington by the Marquis de Lafayette and his French friends sometime before his death in 1799 and were in Martha Washington’s possession until her death in 1802 (de Lancey Kountze, temporary receipt no. 532, copy in curatorial object file).
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

vases

Inscriptions

Initials "G.W"

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