DRAPED VASE (VASE BOUTEILLE EN ECHARPES) (ONE OF TWO)
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: French Porcelain Room
About this object
The ground is turquoise-blue; the shape is that of an urn with a pedestal foot; the neck is narrow and covered with curving ridges in turquoise-blue alternating with white channels; the same motif is repeated on the cap-like lid; draped around the body is a simulated white cloth decorated with stripes and dots in gold.
- Object name:
- DRAPED VASE (VASE BOUTEILLE EN ECHARPES) (ONE OF TWO)
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 1765-1778
- Size:
- 26 cm (10 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.186.2
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK Unmarked; .2 m incised on bottom
- Credit line:
- Gift of Mrs. Augustus Riggs, 1974