Pair of vases (vase grec Duplessis rectifié)

In 1782 the Russian crown prince –later Tsar Paul I –and his consort sojourned in Paris. They visited the porcelain factory in Sèvres, where King Louis XVI made them a generous gift of numerous pieces of porcelain. They themselves bough many items, including these two vases. The couple displayed them in their palace in Pavlovsk.

Artwork typevase
Object numberBK-17515-A
Dimensionsheight 40.1 cm x width 22.5 cm x depth 18.2 cm, width 10.7 cm x depth 10.7 cm
Physical characteristicsbeschilderd en verguld porselein, verguld brons

Pair of vases (vase grec Duplessis rectifié)

Identification

Title(s)
Vaas (vase grec à rosettes of vase grec Duplessis rectifié)
Object type
Object number
BK-17515-A
Description
Vaas van veelkleurig beschilderd porselein, met een roze fond met witte en gouden stippen. De vaas staat op een ronde voet die op een vierkan plint staat. Het gewelfde deksel heeft een vergulde bol als knop. De twee lintvormige opgaande oren zijn aan de bovenkant recht omgebogen en eindigen beneden in een leeuwenkop met een ring in de bek. Langs de hals hangen guirlandes en op de buik is een band met cirkels waarbinnen bladeren in relief. De vaas is gemerkt.
Inscriptions / marks
- mark: ‘gn Duplessi/ vase Grec rectifie 2 (of rectifier)’
- number: ‘859.’
- inscription
- factory mark
Catalogue reference
Pierre Ennès, 'The visit of the comte and comtesse du Nord to the Sèvres manufactory', Apollo 129 (1989), p. 156, 221-222.

Creation

Creation
- porcelain company , Sèvres
- designer: Jean-Claude Chambellan Duplessis, Sèvres
- porseleinschilder: Vincent Taillandier, Sèvres
- vergulder: Boulanger, Jean Pierre, Sèvres
Dating
1780
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Material and technique

Physical description
beschilderd en verguld porselein, verguld brons
Material
Technique
Dimensions
- height 40.1 cm x width 22.5 cm x depth 18.2 cm
- width 10.7 cm x depth 10.7 cm

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Subject

Acquisition and rights

Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
…; purchased by Grand Duke Paul of Russia and his consort, Maria Feodorovna, for Pavlovsk palace, St Petersburg, 1782;{Baarsen 2013, p. 327, no. 79.}…; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, 1936;{Von Falke 1936, p. 303, no. Po 157.} purchased from his estate, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960
Remarks
Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

Pierre Ennès, 'The visit of the comte and comtesse du Nord to the Sèvres manufactory', Apollo 129 (1989), p. 156, 221-222.

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