Object Image

Vase

Unknown Artist

With lavish gilded decoration and delicately painted landscapes, this pair of vases is among the most ornate known with a history of American ownership.

Credit: Purchase, Thomas Jayne Gift, Peter Terian Gift, and Friends of the American Wing Fund, by exchange,1999

c. 1815-20

Porcelain

34.0 x 25.4 cm

1999.191.2

Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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