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Vase with Ears Vase, à Oreilles

Date

ca. 1757-1759

Creator

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory

Location

Raclin Murphy Museum of Art

The shape of this vase–pear shaped with two scrolls as handles–was invented at Sèvres in 1754; it was still being produced there in 1791, two years after the French Revolution...This particular vase is decorated on one side with trophies (telescope, globe, protractor) and on the other side with a bouquet of flowers. The placement of these decorations, in a rather loosely arranged sequence, suggests the importance of still-life painting as an influence on how these motifs were arranged. from Weisberg, A Taste for Porcelain: The Virginia A. Marten Collection of Decorative Arts (Notre Dame, 2014)

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The shape of this vase–pear shaped with two scrolls as handles–was invented at Sèvres in 1754; it was still being produced there in 1791, two years after the French Revolution...This particular vase is decorated on one side with trophies (telescope, globe, protractor) and on the other side with a bouquet of flowers. The placement of these decorations, in a rather loosely arranged sequence, suggests the importance of still-life painting as an influence on how these motifs were arranged. from Weisberg, A Taste for Porcelain: The Virginia A. Marten Collection of Decorative Arts (Notre Dame, 2014)
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Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (French, 1756 - present)
ca. 1757-1759
Decorative Arts
Soft-paste porcelain
2002.030
soft paste porcelain
Raclin Murphy Museum: 109B
5 1/2 x 3 x 3 in. (13.97 x 7.62 x 7.62 cm)
Marten Family Fund

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