Vase with cover (vase B de 1780) (one of a pair)
Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory French
Attributed to Charles-Eloi Asselin
Gilded by Henri-François Vincent
This decorative urn is painted with the Metamorphosis of Daphne on the front and with trophies of love on the reverse. Although made of porcelain, the decorative treatment of the lid, handles, foot and base is clearly inspired by the fashionable use of gilt bronze. The husk motifs and, especially, the bearded satyr masks of the scroll handles illustrate this quite well. They are gilded, partly burnished, and partly matted just like gilt-bronze mounts.
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