Pair of vases

anonymous, c. 1720 - c. 1750

Originally made in China, these gourd vases were fitted in Paris with fashionable gilt-bronze mounts, with pagoda-shaped lids. In this way the French craftsman adapted an exotic object to Western taste. With their gilding, the vases matched the other furnishings in a luxuriously appointed interior.

  • Artwork typevase
  • Object numberBK-16909-A
  • Dimensionsheight 37.8 cm x width 14.2 cm x depth 11.5 cm, width 14.2 cm x depth 11.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicsporselein, verguld brons

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Pair of vases

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-16909-A

  • Description

    Vaas met twee oren, lichtblauw, dubbelgebuikt, afgeplat van vorm, met montuur van brons.

Creation

  • Creation

    • bronzeworker: anonymous, Paris
    • maker: anonymous, China

  • Dating

    • c. 1720 - c. 1750
    • c. 1760 - c. 1765

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    porselein, verguld brons

  • Dimensions

    • height 37.8 cm x width 14.2 cm x depth 11.5 cm
    • width 14.2 cm x depth 11.5 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; sale, Sigismond Bardac, Paris (Galerie Georges Petit), 10 May 1920 sqq., no. 49, frs 58,000;{Copy RKD.} …; sale, Joseph Bardac, Paris (Galerie Georges Petit), 9 December 1927, no. 63; …; from Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, fl. 6,350,000, en bloc, to Artistic & General Securities Ltd. as security for a loan from the Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, but kept in usufruct, 1934;{NHA, 476, RMA Archive, inv. no. 2142, Recapitulatie der geïnventariseerde kunstvoorwerpen van wijlen Dr F. Mannheimer, undated, p. 91, no. Br 84 a/b, Artistic no. 21/36; NHA, 233, Arrondissementsrechtbank Amsterdam, inv. no. 1365, “O.R. 256/1939, Faillissementsdossier: nalatenschap Dr. F. Mannheimer, 28 augustus 1939”, image 3, page 2.} purchased from Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960

  • 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.

Documentation

  • Jan van Campen en Menno Fitski, 'Monochromen in Nederland', Aziatische Kunst 35/3 (2005), pp. 2-21.

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