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Source Description
This neoclassical vase (one of a pair) is distinguished by its satyr-head handles. The ground is a color known as "bleu nouveau," and rich oak and laurel garlands in gold surround the painted decorations. At Sèvres, a plaster model for this oviform shape is inscribed with the name of the sculptor Etienne-Maurice Falconet (1716-1791), but the designer was more likely the director of sculpture at the manufactory, Louis-Simon Boizot (1743-1809). Jean-Louis Morin (1731-1787) decorated the vase with harbor scenes (which seems to recall a tapestry after David Teniers II), and Jean Pierre Boulanger père (1722-1785) was responsible for the gilding. There is a similar vase in the Wallace Collection, as well as in the Palazzo Pitti in Florence.
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Document identity
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12454
label
One of a Pair of Vases (Vase à bandes)
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title
One of a Pair of Vases (Vase à bandes)
description
This neoclassical vase (one of a pair) is distinguished by its satyr-head handles. The ground is a color known as "bleu nouveau," and rich oak and laurel garlands in gold surround the painted decorations. At Sèvres, a plaster model for this oviform shape is inscribed with the name of the sculptor Etienne-Maurice Falconet (1716-1791), but the designer was more likely the director of sculpture at the manufactory, Louis-Simon Boizot (1743-1809). Jean-Louis Morin (1731-1787) decorated the vase with harbor scenes (which seems to recall a tapestry after David Teniers II), and Jean Pierre Boulanger père (1722-1785) was responsible for the gilding. There is a similar vase in the Wallace Collection, as well as in the Palazzo Pitti in Florence.
provenance
Lady Ashburaton Collection (?). E. M. Hodgkins Collection, Paris [1]. A. Seligmann, Rey and Co., New York; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] no. 45
date
1776
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CC0
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en
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Ceramics
vases
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8
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: H: 16 3/4 in. (42.6 cm) / Vase without lid: H: 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm) / Lid only: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Factory Mark] In blue: Intertwined Lls; [Date] Letter in blue: Y (1776); [Decorator's Mark] In blue: M (Morin
Jean-Louis); [Gilder's Mark] In blue: B (Boulanger
Jean Pierre)
RelatedObjects
5237
med
soft paste porcelain with enamels and gilt
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1915
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3855
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