Pair of Vases

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Pair of Vases

Mounts attributed to Jean-Claude Duplessis (born Savoy [now Italy], active France, about 1695–1774)LinkedCulture matchlcp-d36a8f4886a8

Date
c. 1750
Medium
Hard paste porcelain and gilded bronze
Culture
China
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
260343

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The deep-red glaze of these imported Chinese vases would have astonished Parisian consumers in the 1700s. The gilded bronze mounts were added in Paris by a specialist dealer in luxury goods. Known as marchands-merciers, these skillful tastemakers were famous for adapting and embellishing imported Asian commodities. The mounts were probably designed by Jean-Claude Duplessis, a sculptor and goldsmith who provided French manufacturers with innovative designs for porcelain and metalwork. The vases were dramatically altered when the mounts were added: Their original elongated necks were cut down and their globular bodies sliced in two to create covers.

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Credit line
Purchased with funds provided by the Antiquarian Society
Provenance
Alfred Charles de Rothschild (1842-1918), Halton House, Buckinghamshire; by descent to Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (1882-1942), Exbury House, Hampshire; by descent to Edmund Leopold de Rothschild (1916-2009), at Exbury; sold to Alexander Berendt Ltd., London, by January 1975; sold to Juan de Beistegui (1930-2017), January 1975; sold Christie’s, Paris, “Collection Juan de Beistegui,” September 10, 2018, lot 87, to Pascal Izarn, Paris; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2021.

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Object type
AAT300386308

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  • Representative object from the topic 18th Century Porcelain Figurines
    18th Century Porcelain Figurines

    These objects are decorative ceramic figures and figure groups made from soft-paste or hard-paste porcelain during the 18th century, produced by major European porcelain factories including Meissen, Sèvres, Derby, Chelse

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