Vase with cover (vase pot-pourri triangle) (one of a pair)

Sèvres Manufactory|Jean-Claude Duplessis

ca. 1761 · Soft-paste porcelain · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This unusual form of vase, which appears to have been used either for pot pourri or for growing small bulbs, was produced in very small quantities. Only two other pairs of this model are known today.

Artist

Sèvres Manufactory|Jean-Claude Duplessis

Date

ca. 1761

Medium

Soft-paste porcelain

Culture

French, Sèvres

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958