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Keywords: French - Snuffbox with Chinoiserie Motifs - Walters 57157.jpg Imaginary Chinese and Japanese motifs chinoiseries figured prominently in rococo decoration for much of the 18th century as contacts between Europe and the Far East gradually increased In this box chinoiserie motifs in shell have been inlaid into mother-of-pearl panels between 1736 1737 mother-of-pearl shell gold cm 2 8 6 2 accession number 57 157 26165 Paris 1732-1738 tax-paid stamp of the sous-fermier Hubert Louvet Sale Christie's London February 22 1912 no 15 Harding date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1914 Chinoiserie The Chinese Influence Taft Museum of Art Cincinatti 1979 Objects of Vertu Precious Works of the Eighteenth Century The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Chinoiserie decorative and applied arts Boxes Art of France in the Walters Art Museum Rococo art in the United States
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