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The Portland vase.
From:
The Magazine Antiques
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January 1, 1997| Author:
Whitehouse, David
| COPYRIGHT 1997 Brant Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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The Portland Vase is a combination of a two-handled vase whose lower part was broken and a disk that forms the base. The vase was once considered the 'noblest ornament' of the national collection and has wielded considerable influence on the decorative arts in the late 18th and late 19th centuries.
The Portland Vase [ILLUSTRATION FOR PLS. I, IA OMITTED] combines two objects: a two-handled vase that has been broken and consequently lacks the lower part of the body, and a disk that no...
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