Garniture of Three Flower Vases (Vases Hollandois)
Manufacture nationale de Sèvres (French, founded 1740; Painted by André-Vincent Vielliard; (French, 1717-90, active 1752-90))
c. 1761
- Medium
- Soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding
- Classification
- Ceramics
- Dimensions
- 1994.373.1a-b, 1994.373.2a-b: 17.6 × 17.6 × 12.7 cm (6 7/8 × 6 7/8 × 5 in.) 1994.373.3a-b: 19 × 19.5 ×14.3 cm (7 1/2 × 7 11/16 × 5 5/8 in.)
- Culture
- Sèvres
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Applied Arts of Europe
- Credit line
- Joseph Maier and Arthur Lewis Liebman Memorial: Gift of Kenneth J. Maier, M.D.
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
A garniture, or set, of vases usually consisted of three or five vases, which could vary by size or shape, shown as a group on mantles or furniture. Each of these vases is comprised of two parts: vase and stand. Water was poured into the lower portion through the openings around the stand and was drawn up through holes into the fan-shaped vase.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
