Pomade jar

Mounts probably by Paul Le Riche French

ca. 1725–30

Not on view

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Title: Pomade jar
Maker: Mounts probably by Paul Le Riche (French, master 1686, active 1738)
Date: ca. 1725–30
Culture: Chinese, probably Dehua with European decoration
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain, silver gilt
Dimensions: Height: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit Line: Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1943
Object Number: 43.100.32
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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