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

ca. 1770–75
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 529
The bucolic scenes on the front of these vases (see also 58.75.68a, b) are after compositions by the French painter Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684–1721). Engraved together on one copper plate by Louis Crépy in 1729, L'heureux moment (the happy moment) and Le berger content (the content shepherd) were, as a result, printed on the same sheet of paper and often used as a pair.

[Jeffrey H. Munger, 2006]

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Vase with cover (vase à bandes) (one of a pair)
  • Manufactory: Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
  • Decorator: Figures by Charles Nicolas Dodin (French, Versailles 1734–1803 Sèvres)
  • Artist: After engravings by Louis Crépy (French)
  • Artist: Based on a composition by Antoine Watteau (French, Valenciennes 1684–1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
  • Decorator: Gilded by Henry-Martin Prévost (French, active 1757–97)
  • Date: ca. 1770–75
  • Culture: French, Sèvres
  • Medium: Soft-paste porcelain
  • Dimensions: H. 12 15/16 in. (32.9 cm.)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
  • Object Number: 58.75.69a, b
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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