Two Vases (vase grec Duplessis rectifié)

These two vases were purchased in Sèvres by the heir to the Russian throne, the future Tsar Paul I, and his second wife Maria Fyodorovna. They were very fond of French fashion, which often embraced antique forms at that point in time. This is reflected in the details of the vases, such as the fluted pilasters and the frieze with rosettes.

  • Artwork typevase
  • Object numberBK-17515-A
  • Dimensionsheight 40.1 cm x width 22.5 cm x depth 18.2 cm, width 10.7 cm x depth 10.7 cm
  • Physical characteristicsbeschilderd en verguld porselein, verguld brons

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Two Vases (vase grec Duplessis rectifié)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-17515-A

  • Description

    Vaas van veelkleurig beschilderd porselein, met een roze fond met witte en gouden stippen. De vaas staat op een ronde voet die op een vierkan plint staat. Het gewelfde deksel heeft een vergulde bol als knop. De twee lintvormige opgaande oren zijn aan de bovenkant recht omgebogen en eindigen beneden in een leeuwenkop met een ring in de bek. Langs de hals hangen guirlandes en op de buik is een band met cirkels waarbinnen bladeren in relief. De vaas is gemerkt.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • mark: ‘gn Duplessi/ vase Grec rectifie 2 (of rectifier)’
    • factory mark
    • number: ‘859.’
    • inscription

Creation

  • Creation

    • porcelain company , Sèvres
    • designer: Jean-Claude Chambellan Duplessis, Sèvres
    • porcelain painter: Vincent Taillandier, Sèvres
    • gilder: Jean Pierre Boulanger, Sèvres

  • Dating

    1780

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    beschilderd en verguld porselein, verguld brons

  • Dimensions

    • height 40.1 cm x width 22.5 cm x depth 18.2 cm
    • width 10.7 cm x depth 10.7 cm

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Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; purchased by Grand Duke Paul of Russia and his consort, Maria Feodorovna, for Pavlovsk palace, St Petersburg, 1782;{Baarsen 2013, p. 327, no. 79.}…; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, 1936;{Von Falke 1936, p. 303, no. Po 157.} purchased from his estate, 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

  • Pierre Ennès, 'The visit of the comte and comtesse du Nord to the Sèvres manufactory', Apollo 129 (1989), p. 156, 221-222.

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