Vase (vase à oreilles) (one of a pair)

Sèvres Manufactory|Jean-Claude Duplessis|Antoine Caton

1758 · Soft-paste porcelain · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

It was common for each model of vase to be produced in variety of sizes; the vase à oreilles was made in six sizes, of which this pair (see also 58.75.113) represents the largest. Factory records suggest that the pair may have cost 1720 livres, a sum equivalent to the annual salary of a lower-level professional worker.

Artist

Sèvres Manufactory|Jean-Claude Duplessis|Antoine Caton

Date

1758

Medium

Soft-paste porcelain

Culture

French, Sèvres

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958