Flower Vase

probably 1757/12/17
Mr. Bailly, rue Saint-Honoré, purchased from the Sèvres Porcelain Factory, Sèvres, France [1]

- 1937
Baron Emmanuel Leonino (1864-1936), château de Montvillargenne,Gouvieux, France

1937/03/18-19
In auction of "Succession du Baron Emmanuel Leonino" at Galerie Jean Charpentier, Paris, March 18-19, 1937, lot no. 80 [2]

1951/11/06
In auction of "Collection A. Chevet, Porcelaines Anciennes" at Hotel Drouot, Paris, November 6, 1951, lot no. 143 [3]

James A. Lewis & Son, New York, NY [4]

- 1985
Jack and Belle Linsky, New York, NY, purchased from James A. Lewis & Son, New York, NY [5]

1985/05/21 - 1986
Bernard Dragesco–Didier Cramoisan Antiquaires, Paris, France, purchased at auction, "Property from the Jack and Belle Linsky Collection," Sotheby's, New York, May 21, 1985, lot no. 6

1986 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Bernard Dragesco–Didier Cramoisan Antiquaires [6]

Notes:
[1] Registre des Ventes (Vy'2 folio 44, 1757, Livré à Mr. Bailly, "2 Vases holandois 2e Enfants Colorés / 240 / 480").

[2] "Succession du Baron Emmanuel Leonino," Galerie Jean Charpentier, Paris, March 18-19, 1937, lot no. 80. "80-- Deux Jardinières évantails, sur bases mobiles ajourées, en ancienne porcelaine tendre de Sèvres, à décor d'enfants, paysages et attributs, avec encadrements de rocailles fleuries en dorure. Année 1756. Haut. 0m19. Voir la reproduction, pl. XIII. [in blue ink: Vendues 11.500 F]

[3] "Collection A. Chevet, Porcelaines Anciennes," Hotel Drouot, Paris, November 6, 1951, lot no. 143. "143- Paire de Jardinières évantail. Décor polychrome, sur une face, de jeunes enfants dans un paysage, dans des cartouches cernés or; sur l'autre face: paysage, instruments de jardinage retenus par des rubans roses sur les cotés; sur la base instruments de jardinage et quadrillé or. Décor par Vieillard. Haut. 190mm. Voir la reproduction, planche IV. [handwritten in margin 320.000 F(?)]

[4] Ownership based on collection labels adhered to the underside of the vase and stand, and information provided in the auction catalog, "Property from the Jack and Belle Linsky Collection," Sotheby's, New York, May 21, 1985, lot no. 6.

[5] "Property from the Jack and Belle Linsky Collection," Sotheby's, New York, May 21, 1985, lot no. 6.

[6] Per invoice dated June 18, 1986 [SLAM document files]; and per Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, August 1, 1986.