LARGE ORNAMENTAL VASE (ONE OF TWO)

Creator(s): Saint-Amand-Les-Eaux (Attributed to)

On view in: French Drawing Room

About this object

This vase is one of a pair. The ground is turquoise-blue. The vase is made in six separate sections- foot, body, neck, cover and two handles. Molded acanthus leaves cover the bottom of the body and edge the elaborate applied handles. The vase has a large painted panel on the front depicting four Bacchantes. The neck is fluted. On the back is a cluster of flowers in gold.

Object name:

LARGE ORNAMENTAL VASE (ONE OF TWO)

Made from:

Porcelain

Made in:

Saint-Amand, France

Date made:

mid 19th Century

Size:

32 1/2 × 17 in. (82.6 × 43.2 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

24.85.3-4

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973