This vase that is now in The Louvre collection is depicted (bottom left) in the painting Yeni Camii and The Port of Istanbul, by Jean-Baptiste Hilaire (see previous page). The painting shows marble objects being loaded onto a boat in the Bosphorus in Istanbul, en route to France.
The transport is linked to the French ambassador Comte de Choiseul-Gouffier, whom Hilaire accompanied during his travels through the region. The scene reflects a broader 18th-century practice in which cultural artefacts were transported from Ottoman territories to Western Europe, often under conditions shaped by unequal power relations.