Vase

Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory French
 Designer Léon Kann French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 556

At the end of the nineteenth century French potters were strongly influenced by the naturalistic forms and variegated glazes of Asian ceramics. In 1900 at Sèvres, Léon Kann designed a number of gourd-shaped vases. The mellifluous lines and subtly graded coloring of this example merge an Asian aesthetic with the last flowering of the Art Nouveau style. A gentle spiral movement is sustained by the curve of the flowering vine and the artful placement of the snails.

Vase, Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Hard-paste porcelain, French, Sèvres

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Vase, Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Hard-paste porcelain, French, Sèvres
Vase, Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Hard-paste porcelain, French, Sèvres
Vase, Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Hard-paste porcelain, French, Sèvres

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