Monumental vase
The massive scale of this vase represents a technical feat, even for a master like Chaplet. Firing porcelain this large posed many challenges, as evidenced by the firing crack and sloped profile where the clay sagged in the kiln. While many of his contemporaries worked almost exclusively in stoneware, Chaplet focused on porcelain, a material that required a much higher firing temperature.
Artwork Details
- Title: Monumental vase
- Maker: Ernest Chaplet (French, Sèvres 1835–1909 Choisy-le-Roi)
- Date: ca. 1890
- Culture: French, Choisy-le-Roi
- Medium: Porcelain
- Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 29 1/2 × 19 1/4 × 19 1/4 in., 71.3lb. (74.9 × 48.9 × 48.9 cm, 32.3415kg)
- Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
- Credit Line: Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection, Purchase, Acquisitions Fund; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; and 2011 Benefit Fund, 2013
- Object Number: 2013.479
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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Ernest Chaplet
ca. 1890
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ca. 1890
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