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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 (c. 1695–1774) 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  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

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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