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Vase

Porcelain vase of a baluster form with two intertwined gilded handles, each flanked by sprays of applied flowers. The vase has a rocky base, fluted rim with a purple scalloped band and a white body enameled with colorful sprays of flowers.
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  • Porcelain vase of a baluster form with two intertwined gilded handles, each flanked by sprays of applied flowers. The vase has a rocky base, fluted rim with a purple scalloped band and a white body enameled with colorful sprays of flowers.

Date:

c. 1749–52

Artist:

Designed by Jean-Claude Duplessis (French, c. 1695-1774)
Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory (French, 1740-1756, after became Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory)

About this artwork

As the artistic director of the Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory, the Italian-born goldsmith and designer Jean-Claude Duplessis was responsible for many of the innovative forms of the Rococo and early Neoclassical styles that the factory produced. Duplessis designed porcelain vases, tea and dinnerwares, and gilt-bronze mounts for porcelain. These objects often possess a particularly sensual and organic quality that was new to porcelain at the time.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Artist

Jean-Claude Duplessis (Designer)

Title

Vase

Place

Vincennes (Object made in)

Date

1749–1752

Medium

Soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding

Dimensions

19.3 × 11 × 9.6 cm (7 9/16 × 4 5/16 × 3 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Norman Chatain in memory of Professor Alfred Chatain

Reference Number

1959.474a

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