VASE WITH A PAINTING OF "THE HERRING SELLER"

Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer) , A. Savelev (Painter)

On view in: Pavilion

About this object

Body is long and slender and has a tall outflaring neck. On the front is a rectangular panel with a copy of the painting of The Herring Seller after a Dutch painting by Gerard Dou. The neck, sides, and back of the vase are covered with a scrolling leaf-and vine ornament in gray bordered by a gold strapwork design. A catch of herring hangs on a loop in the strapwork at the back. Molded and gilded leaves in high relief decorate the bottom section of the vase. Ormolu bands conceal the joints where the vase's neck, handles, central section of the body, lower part, and pedestal foot were assembled after being separately cast. The base is decorated to match the neck. The rectangular plinth is in gilt bronze.

Object name:: VASE WITH A PAINTING OF "THE HERRING SELLER"
Made from:: Porcelain
Made in:: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Date made:: 1853-1862
Size:: 49 in. (124.5 cm) Top: 11 1/2 × 11 1/2 in. (29.2 × 29.2 cm) Center: 27 1/2 × 21 1/2 × 17 in. (69.9 × 54.6 × 43.2 cm) Base: 20 1/4 × 12 1/2 × 12 1/2 × 13 7/8 in. (51.4 × 31.8 × 31.8 × 35.2 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:: 25.350
Class:: CERAMICS
Signature marks:: SIGNATURE; INSCRIPTION Painting signed: A. Savelev 1862 / "from a painting by G. Dou" Inscription: Incised in paste of rim of the middle section in Cyrillic: "Master Ia: B: N4 1853go goda 22 Maiia Zdana v ogon' "
Credit line:: Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973