Potpourri vase (pot-pourri gondole)
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- Overall, body with lid (confirmed): 12 3/16 x 14 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. (31 x 36.2 x 19.7 cm); Overall, base (confirmed): 2 5/16 x 9 x 5 1/4 in. (5.9 x 22.9 x 13.3 cm); Height assembled (confirmed): 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm)
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
Art Genome Taxonomy
11 tags
Subject Matter
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Flora Both · 99%
Flowers are a cataloged subject and are visibly painted and modeled across the lid, finial, and body.
Styles and Movements
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Rococo Art and Design Interpretive · 90%
The exuberant curves, shell-like and scroll ornament, floral profusion, gilding, and playful putti imagery are strongly consistent with Rococo decorative design, although the catalog does not assign a style.
Visual Qualities
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Highly Ornamented Visual · 99%
The object is densely covered with floral decoration, gilded scrollwork, painted panels, pierced openings, and figural ornament.
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Curvilinear Forms Visual · 99%
The silhouette, handles, borders, feet, and ornament are dominated by sweeping curves, scrolls, and swelling contours.
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Symmetrical Visual · 96%
The frontal arrangement is organized around a central vertical axis, with paired handles, pierced openings, side panels, and feet balancing one another.
Time Periods
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18th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the object to 1757.
Geographic Regions
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French Art Metadata · 98%
The catalog identifies the Sèvres Manufactory as French through the artist display.
Materials
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Ceramic Metadata · 99%
The catalog classifies the work as Ceramics-Porcelain and specifies soft-paste porcelain.
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Enamel Both · 99%
The catalog specifies polychrome enamels, which are visibly used throughout the painted decoration.
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Gold Both · 98%
Gold is listed in the medium, and extensive gilding is visible on the rims, scrollwork, borders, handles, feet, and cartouche.
Tableware, Vessels, and Objects
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Vase Both · 99%
The catalog title and classification identify a potpourri vase, and the image shows a large lidded vase form on a footed base.
Source & rights
Sèvres Manufactory. Potpourri vase (pot-pourri gondole). The Metropolitan Museum of Art.