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Flower vase (cuvette à tombeau)

Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory French
Modeler Attributed to Jean-Claude Duplessis French
Decorator Jean-Louis Morin French
1760
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 514

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Flower vase (cuvette à tombeau)
  • Manufactory: Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
  • Modeler: Attributed to Jean-Claude Duplessis (French, ca. 1695–1774, active 1748–74)
  • Decorator: Jean-Louis Morin (French, active 1754–87)
  • Date: 1760
  • Culture: French, Sèvres
  • Medium: Soft-paste porcelain
  • Dimensions: 7 1/4 x 9 7/8 x 6 1/4 in. (18.4 x 25.1 x 15.9cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1976
  • Object Number: 1976.155.37
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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