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Potpourri vase (pot-pourri gondole)
The French royal manufactory at Sèvres became the most influential and prestigious porcelain factory in Europe in the second half of the eighteenth century. Its products were characterized by innovation in both form and decoration, and by a consistently high level of technical skill. These qualities are evident in the complex pierced design of the cover and shoulder of this gondola-shaped vase, in the rich turquoise ground color, and in the detailed painted and gilded decoration. Designed to hold potpourri, this vase was first owned by Madame de Pompadour, the mistress of Louis XV and an avid patron of the Sèvres factory.
Artwork Details
- Title: Potpourri vase (pot-pourri gondole)
- Manufactory: Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
- Modeler: Jean-Claude Duplessis (French, ca. 1695–1774, active 1748–74)
- Decorator: Attributed to Charles Nicolas Dodin (French, Versailles 1734–1803 Sèvres)
- Date: 1757
- Culture: French, Sèvres
- Medium: Soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold
- Dimensions: Overall, body with lid (confirmed): 12 3/16 x 14 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. (31 x 36.2 x 19.7 cm); Overall, base (confirmed): 2 5/16 x 9 x 5 1/4 in. (5.9 x 22.9 x 13.3 cm); Height assembled (confirmed): 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
- Credit Line: Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
- Object Number: 58.75.88a–c
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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