Pair of Vases(Vases à perles or Vases à panneaux)

In 1757, the sculptor Etienne Maurice Falconet became the head of the sculpture workshop at Sèvres, where he advocated a geometric, classical style. The vases owe their name to the ‘pearls’ and raised panels featuring images. These vases may have been part of a set with the adjacent ‘vase ballon,’ although the green background colour varies slightly.

  • Artwork typevase
  • Object numberBK-17514-C-1
  • Dimensionsheight 30.3 cm x width 17.9 cm x depth 13.9 cm, diameter 7.4 cm
  • Physical characteristicsbeschilderd en verguld porselein (pâte tendre)

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Pair of Vases(Vases à perles or Vases à panneaux)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-17514-C-1

  • Description

    Eivormige vaas van veelkleurig beschilderd porselein, met een groene fond. De vaas heeft twee platte handvatten en een deksel. Op de voorkant is een medaillon waarbinnen twee soldaten voor een tafel, met glazen in de hand en achter de tafel een soldaat en een vrouw geschilderd en op de achterkant een wapentrofee.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    mark: ‘M’

Creation

  • Creation

    • porcelain company , Sèvres
    • designer: Étienne-Maurice Falconet (possibly), Sèvres
    • painter: attributed to Jean-Louis Morin, Sèvres

  • Dating

    c. 1771

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    beschilderd en verguld porselein (pâte tendre)

  • Dimensions

    • height 30.3 cm x width 17.9 cm x depth 13.9 cm
    • diameter 7.4 cm

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Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    See the provenance for BK-17514-A-1.

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

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  • Pair of Vases(Vases à perles or Vases à panneaux)
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