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Source Description
This exceptional vase, which rests on a gilded wooden base, takes the form of a stylized boat, complete with rigging, port-holes and a flag. This might refer to the coat-of-arms of the city of Paris. At each side is a mask crowned with reeds and holding spars in its mouth. The lower part is decorated with a scene of sailors packing fish on the front, and a marine themed trophy on the back, painted by Jean-Louis Morin. The design of the vase is attributed to Jean-Claude Duplessis père. Similar pieces can be found in The J. Paul Getty Museum, the Musée du Louvre, Waddesdon Manor, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Royal Collection in the United Kingdom, The Wallace Collection, and The Frick Collection.
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Document identity
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18063
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Potpourri Vase (Vase potpourri à vaisseau)
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title
Potpourri Vase (Vase potpourri à vaisseau)
description
This exceptional vase, which rests on a gilded wooden base, takes the form of a stylized boat, complete with rigging, port-holes and a flag. This might refer to the coat-of-arms of the city of Paris. At each side is a mask crowned with reeds and holding spars in its mouth. The lower part is decorated with a scene of sailors packing fish on the front, and a marine themed trophy on the back, painted by Jean-Louis Morin. The design of the vase is attributed to Jean-Claude Duplessis père. Similar pieces can be found in The J. Paul Getty Museum, the Musée du Louvre, Waddesdon Manor, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Royal Collection in the United Kingdom, The Wallace Collection, and The Frick Collection.
provenance
E. M. Hodgkins Collection, Paris, no. 30; A. Seligmann, Rey and Co., New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1764 (Louis XV)
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CC0
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en
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Ceramics
vases
covers
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11
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11
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
45.2
height
35
depth
17.3
dimensionsRaw
Overall (with base): H: 17 13/16 × W: 13 3/4 × D: 6 13/16 in. (45.2 × 35 × 17.3 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Factory Mark] On base: Intertwined Lls; [Painter's Mark] Enclosed in apex of factory mark: M; [Date] Letter: L (1764); [Decorator's Mark] On base in blue: M (Morin
Jean-Louis)
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soft paste porcelain with enamels
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none
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