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Standing Vase
Creator
Pierre-Philippe ThomireFrench Designer · 1751–1843
All works by this person →Although trained as a sculptor, Pierre-Philippe Thomire decided to follow his father into the potentially more lucrative profession of bronze caster, becoming the most important one of the late 1700s. Before setting up his own establishment in 1775, Thomire trained in the workshop of Pierre Gouthière. Thomire's big break came when he began assisting Jean-Claude-Thomas Duplessis, the artistic direc
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- porcelain mid-1700s; mount about 1785
- Medium
- Hard-paste porcelain, blue ground color; gilt bronze mounts; rouge griotte marble
- Culture
- Chinese (Qianlong reign, 1736-1795); French
- Department
- Decorative Arts
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 17f9d6d5-a369-4663-9e1f-02b135b5a469
From the Getty Museum record
A *marchand-mercier* probably commissioned both the design and execution of this vase. He would have purchased the mid-1700s Chinese porcelain bowl and ordered a *bronzier* to make the mounts in gilt bronze. In this design, four elegant legs extend from satyrs' heads, linked with swags of vine leaves and bunches of grapes, to terminate in goat's hooves. This vase was once part of the collection of a Polish princess who had been a great friend of Marie-Antoinette. The Polish princess, who spent a great deal of time in Paris before the French Revolution, is reputed to have acquired it at the sale of the contents of the palace of Versailles in 1794. Another vase was bought by the Prince Regent, who later became King George IV, for his London residence, Carlton House.
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