Potpourri vase (pot-pourri gondole)
Jean-Claude Duplessis|Sèvres Manufactory|Charles Nicolas Dodin
1757 · Soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
The French royal manufactory at Sèvres became the most influential and prestigious porcelain factory in Europe in the second half of the eighteenth century. Its products were characterized by innovation in both form and decoration, and by a consistently high level of technical skill. These qualities are evident in the complex pierced design of the cover and shoulder of this gondola-shaped vase, in the rich turquoise ground color, and in the detailed painted and gilded decoration. Designed to hold potpourri, this vase was first owned by Madame de Pompadour, the mistress of Louis XV and an avid patron of the Sèvres factory.
- Artist
- Jean-Claude Duplessis|Sèvres Manufactory|Charles Nicolas Dodin
- Date
- 1757
- Medium
- Soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold
- Culture
- French, Sèvres
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
