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Vase à pied de globe or vase chinois c. 1785
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu nouveau ground, gilded decoration and gilt bronze | 71.6 x 36.3 x 22.2 cm (whole object) | RCIN 73444
Sèvres porcelain factory
Vase à pied de globe or vase chinois c. 1785
Sèvres porcelain factory
Vase à pied de globe or vase chinois c. 1785
Sèvres porcelain factory
Master: Vase à pied de globe or vase chinois c. 1785
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Sèvres soft paste porcelain pair of vases and covers. Bleu nouveau ground with gilt bronze mounts; domed covers with gilt husk flutes and pierced gilt bronze collars, painted in gold with a classical frieze, circular stem and foot with flutes on square base.
Provenance
Recorded in 1826 in the Gilt Column Room, Basement Floor, Carlton House: ‘No.51 A pair of magnificent blue and gold Seve Porcelain Vases and fluted Covers, with Oak leaf and Acorn tops, and pierced borders; the bodies painted in gold coloured mythological figures, and mounted in ormolu, with Cupid handles holding bunches of grapes square plinths; height 30 In’.
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Creator(s)
(porcelain manufacturer)(nationality)Acquirer(s)
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Medium and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu nouveau ground, gilded decoration and gilt bronze
Measurements
71.6 x 36.3 x 22.2 cm (whole object)
75 x 36.2 x 21.8 cm (with fittings)
70.1 x 36.2 x 21.6 cm (whole object)
74.5 x 36.2 x 21.8 cm (with fittings)
Other number(s)
Laking PC : Laking, G.F., 1907. Sèvres Porcelain of Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, London – Laking PC 251Place of Production
Sèvres [France]
