Medici vase with a scene of the château at Saint-Cloud (one of a pair)

Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory French
 Jean François Robert French
 Commissioned by Napoléon Bonaparte French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 553

Napoleon I, who commissioned this vase as a gift for his brother, rides in a carriage in front of the royal residence at Saint-Cloud, where he was named emperor in 1804. The view offers a glimpse of the terraced gardens refined by André Le Notre that descent to the river Seine. This and the other vase in the pair, which depicts the emperor hunting in the hills nearby, are notable for their large scale, detailed gilding, and ground color that imitates tortoiseshell.

Medici vase with a scene of the château at Saint-Cloud (one of a pair), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Hard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold, gilt bronze, French, Sèvres

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Medici vase with a scene of the château at Saint-Cloud (one of a pair), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Hard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold, gilt bronze, French, Sèvres
Medici vase with a scene of the château at Saint-Cloud (one of a pair), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Hard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold, gilt bronze, French, Sèvres
Medici vase with a scene of the château at Saint-Cloud (one of a pair), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Hard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold, gilt bronze, French, Sèvres
Medici vase with a scene of the château at Saint-Cloud (one of a pair), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Hard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold, gilt bronze, French, Sèvres
Medici vase with a scene of the château at Saint-Cloud (one of a pair), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Hard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold, gilt bronze, French, Sèvres
Medici vase with a scene of the château at Saint-Cloud (one of a pair), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Hard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold, gilt bronze, French, Sèvres
Medici vase with a scene of the château at Saint-Cloud (one of a pair), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Hard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold, gilt bronze, French, Sèvres
Medici vase with a scene of the château at Saint-Cloud (one of a pair), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Hard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold, gilt bronze, French, Sèvres
Medici vase with a scene of the château at Saint-Cloud (one of a pair), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Hard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold, gilt bronze, French, Sèvres
Medici vase with a scene of the château at Saint-Cloud (one of a pair), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Hard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold, gilt bronze, French, Sèvres
Medici vase with a scene of the château at Saint-Cloud (one of a pair), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Hard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold, gilt bronze, French, Sèvres
Medici vase with a scene of the château at Saint-Cloud (one of a pair), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Hard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold, gilt bronze, French, Sèvres

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