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        "tombstone": "Pair of Potpourri Vases with Covers, c. 1740\u201360. Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory (French). Soft-paste porcelain; overall: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1962.360",
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        "title": "Pair of Potpourri Vases with Covers",
        "creation_date": "c. 1740\u201360",
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        "department": "Decorative Art and Design",
        "collection": "Decorative Arts",
        "type": "Ceramic",
        "measurements": "Overall: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.)",
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                {
                    "id": 304258,
                    "title": "Year in Review (1963)",
                    "description": "<i>Year in Review (1963)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).",
                    "opening_date": "1963-11-27T05:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 396695,
                    "title": "Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection",
                    "description": "<i>Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).",
                    "opening_date": "2022-09-11T04:00:00"
                }
            ],
            "legacy": []
        },
        "provenance": [],
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        "did_you_know": "The holes in the base of these vases may have held gilt-bronze flowering stems.",
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        "description": "As beautifully designed objects, the function of these vases is not immediately apparent. Created to contain potpourri, a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices emitting ambient fragrance, their covers are decorated with delicate flowers spaced by small, unobtrusive perforations. The decoration continues onto the body of the container where intricate ribbing emulates a basket weave.",
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                "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80034286"
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            "internet_archive": [
                "https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1962.360-pair-of-potpourri-va"
            ]
        },
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            {
                "citation": "Dallot-Naudin, Yvonne, and Alain Jacob. <em>Porcelaines tendres franc\u0327aises: Rouen, L. Poterat, St-Cloud, Mennecy, Chantilly, Bourg la Reine, Vincennes</em>. Paris: ABC Collection, 1983.",
                "page_number": "p.100-101",
                "url": ""
            },
            {
                "citation": "Dupont, Patrick. <em>Porcelaines franc\u0326aises aux XVIIIe et XIXe sie\u0300cles</em>. Paris: Les E\u0301ditions de l'Illustration, 1987.",
                "page_number": "p. 50, no. 3",
                "url": ""
            },
            {
                "citation": "Rondot, Bertrand.<em> Discovering the Secrets of Soft-Paste Porcelain at the Saint-Cloud Manufactory, Ca. 1690-1766</em>. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1999.",
                "page_number": "p. 223, no. 169; p. 292",
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            }
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-29 07:05:32.294000"
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