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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Art Deco Covered Vase

Maker G. Keller

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1930

MediumSilver | Lapis lazuli

DimensionsOverall: 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm)

InscribedStamped on cover: poincon of head of Minerva with "1" for first standard; "G. Keller" and his maker's mark of "GK" in a lozenge; same poincon on side of vase near top. Bottom: "G. Keller/Paris/GK" in a square. Side of foot stamped: "G. Keller" and "GK" in a lozenge.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number87.54

Not on view

DescriptionCovered vase; paneled trumpet-shaped body, twin angular lapis lazuli handles, on a ribbed dome base raised on octagonal platform inset with lapis lazuli panels; the fitted ribbed cover with lapis lazuli finial. 78.5 troy ounces gross weight; both handles restored.

Exhibition History"Treasures for the Table: Silver From the Chrysler Museum," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, June 15 - Aug. 6, 1989; R.W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, LA, Sept. 30 - Nov. 25, 1989; Columbia Museum, Columbia, SC, Dec.16, 1989 - Feb. 10, 1990; The Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA, March 10 - May 5, 1990; Huntington Galleries, Huntington, WV, Aug. 25 - Oct. 20, 1990; Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA, Nov. 17, 1990 - Jan. 12, 1991; The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL, Feb. 15 - March 17, 1991. (Exhib. cat. no. 46). Published ReferencesChristie's New York Sale Catalogue (June 14, 1986), no. 384, p. 113 color illustration. Essays by David Revere McFadden, entries by Mark A. Clark. TREASURES FOR THE TABLE: SILVER FROM THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM. Hudson Hills Press, New York, In Assocation with The American Federation of Arts and The Chrysler Museum. 1989: pp. 84-85, no. 46.