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Pair of Vases (Vases à Pied de Globe)

A work made of soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, gilding, and gilt-bronze mounts.
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  • A work made of soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, gilding, and gilt-bronze mounts.

Date:

1769

Artist:

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
(French, founded 1740)
Designed by Charles Nicolas Dodin
(French, 1734-1803)

About this artwork

These rare urn-shaped Neoclassical vases were decorated by Charles-Nicolas Dodin, one of the major figure painters at Sèvres. An extremely versatile painter, he created chinoiseries (fanciful depictions of Chinese life), scenes after the Dutch painter David Teniers the Younger (1610–1690), mythological images, and pastoral subjects drawn from works by and after the French artist François Boucher (1703–1770). Dodin’s colors are often intensely saturated and luminous.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Artist

Manufacture nationale de Sèvres (Manufacturer)

Title

Pair of Vases (Vases à Pied de Globe)

Place

Sèvres (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.

1769

Medium

Soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, gilding, and gilt-bronze mounts

Dimensions

1977.220a-b: 35.9 × 13 × 11.1 cm (14 1/8 × 5 1/8 × 4 3/8 in.) 1977.221a-b: 35.2 × 12.9 × 11.1 cm (13 15/16 × 5 1/16 × 4 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

The Antiquarian Society Centennial Gift

Reference Number

1977.220-221

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