One of a Pair of Vases (Vase à feuilles de laurier), François Boucher, 1772

This vase and its pair, walters 48. 625, are in "bleu nouveau" and have handles in the form of rings of laurel leaves. The vases are decorated with panels showing amorous shepherds and shepherdesses. Pithou the elder painted these scenes after francois boucher's paintings "la musique pastorale" and "les amusements de la campagne" (1743). Date: 1772. Place of creation: Sèvres, France. Dimensions: 32.6 cm (12.8 in). Medium: soft-paste porcelain. Collection: Walters Art Museum. Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory - One of a Pair of Vases (Vase à feuilles de laurier) - Walters 48626