VASE WITH SCENES FROM OVID'S "METAMORPHOSES"

Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer) , Andrey Nikiforovich Vorornikhin (Designer)

On view in: Second Floor Hallway

About this object

Urn-shaped with two mermaids for handles, a pedestal food and plinth. The background is on an unusual matte green with gilding around the rim and a gilded band at the top of its central part. The glazed white mermaid handles and acanthus leaf decoration at the bottom provide a striking contrast to the green ground.Two large paintings are enclosed in gold bands. On one side is a depiction of a satyr and a nymph (Pan and Syrinx), and on the other is Venus and Adonis. Both are taken from Ovid's Metamorphoses. Around the top and foot are garlands of leaves in gold.

Object name:

VASE WITH SCENES FROM OVID'S "METAMORPHOSES"

Made from:

Porcelain

Made in:

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Date made:

early 19th Century

Size:

44.5 cm (17 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

25.280

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973