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Vase

Maker Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (French, active from 1756 to the present)

MakerGilded by Henry-François Vincent le jeune (French, 1733 - 1809)

Additional Title(s)

Vase Sirènes

ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS

Dateca. 1776

Mediumsoft-paste porcelain, overglaze dark blue ground color, gilding

Dimensions19 1/16 x 9 5/8 x 7 3/8 in. (48.4 x 24.4 x 18.7 cm.)

DescriptionThis tall, urn-shaped vase with a rounded foot resting on a square plinth is decorated with overglaze blue ground and gilding. Two sirens with double fish tails kneel on the shoulder of the vase, each holding a swag of reeds and bulrushes in each hand.

Signed

InscribedPainted marks: in pink enamel, the crossed Ls of the Sèvres manufactory; the number 2000, Vincent's mark; incised mark: cs; Duveen label: 26139

MarkingsPainted marks: in pink enamel, the crossed Ls of the Sèvres manufactory; the number 2000, Vincent's mark; incised mark: cs; Duveen label: 26139

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. The Arabella D. Huntington Memorial Art Collection.

Label TextHenry Huntington acquired the Sèvres porcelain in this room shortly after Arabella Huntington’s death in 1924. The collection honors his wife’s passion for 18th-century French decorative arts. Innovative shapes, vibrant colors, rich gilding, and accomplished painting exemplify the products of the Royal Porcelain Manufactory at Sèvres, located just southwest of Paris. Many of these examples were designed by leading artists associated with the French court, such as the sculptor Etienne-Maurice Falconet and the porcelain painter Charles-Nicolas Dodin. The Huntington collection of Sèvres porcelain includes pieces representing both the fanciful and imaginative rococo style of the 1740s and ‘50s and the later more sober and precise neoclassical taste.

Status

On view

Object number27.30