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Vase with cover (vase à flacon) (one of a pair)

1772
Not on view
Works of art by the French artist François Boucher (1703–1770), who held the prestigious title of first painter to the king, served as a highly popular source of inspiration for artists working in a variety of media in the middle decades of the eighteenth century. Prints made after paintings by Boucher were widely circulated and provided artists with compositions that could be faithfully reproduced in smaller scale or adapted to three-dimensional porcelain sculpture. Works by Boucher served as the source not only for the painted scenes on vases and snuffboxes, but also for the porcelain figures which were listed as "Enfants Boucher" (Boucher Children) in the factory’s sales ledgers.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Vase with cover (vase à flacon) (one of a pair)
  • Manufactory: Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
  • Decorator: Pictorial scenes by Charles Nicolas Dodin (French, Versailles 1734–1803 Sèvres)
  • Artist: After a design by François Boucher (French, Paris 1703–1770 Paris)
  • Decorator: Trophies attributed to Charles Buteux (French, active 1756–82)
  • Date: 1772
  • Culture: French, Sèvres
  • Medium: Soft-paste porcelain
  • Dimensions: Height: 13 3/8 in. (74.9 lb.)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
  • Object Number: 58.75.72a, b
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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