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Vase with cover (vase des âges) (one of a pair)

1782
Not on view
The scene depicting a young family in a richly detailed garden setting is the work of Charles-Nicolas Dodin, regarded during his lifetime as the most skilled of all the painters at Sèvres. The lavish gilding on the vase includes the decorative handles in the form of male busts, which evoke the gilt-bronze mounts employed on French furniture of the period.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Vase with cover (vase des âges) (one of a pair)
  • Manufactory: Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
  • Decorator: Charles Nicolas Dodin (French, Versailles 1734–1803 Sèvres)
  • Artist: Decoration after a design by Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, Paris 1741–1814 Paris)
  • Maker: Gilded by Henry-Martin Prévost (French, active 1757–97)
  • Date: 1782
  • Culture: French, Sèvres
  • Medium: Soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold
  • Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): H. 19 x W. 10 11/16 x D. 8 9/16 in. (48.3 x 27.1 x 21.7 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Celine B. Hosack, in memory of her husband, Alexander E. Hosack M. D., 1886
  • Object Number: 86.7.2a, b
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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