Vase with cover (vase des âges) (one of a pair)

Various artists/makers

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The scene depicting a young family in a richly detailed garden setting is the work of Charles-Nicolas Dodin, regarded during his lifetime as the most skilled of all the painters at Sèvres. The lavish gilding on the vase includes the decorative handles in the form of male busts, which evoke the gilt-bronze mounts employed on French furniture of the period.

Vase with cover (vase des âges) (one of a pair), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold, French, Sèvres

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Vase with cover (vase des âges) (one of a pair), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold, French, Sèvres
Vase with cover (vase des âges) (one of a pair), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold, French, Sèvres
Vase with cover (vase des âges) (one of a pair), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold, French, Sèvres
Vase with cover (vase des âges) (one of a pair), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold, French, Sèvres
Vase with cover (vase des âges) (one of a pair), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold, French, Sèvres
Vase with cover (vase des âges) (one of a pair), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold, French, Sèvres
Vase with cover (vase des âges) (one of a pair), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold, French, Sèvres
Vase with cover (vase des âges) (one of a pair), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold, French, Sèvres
Vase with cover (vase des âges) (one of a pair), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold, French, Sèvres

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