# Vase

- By: Ernest Chaplet (Sèvres, 1835–1909)
- Date: c. 1888 - c. 1895
- Medium: stoneware
- Classification: vase
- Dimensions: diameter 8.5 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-1993-1--380067198dbd09a43cc541d4ec1cbd97)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/yjBwX/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The potter Ernest Chaplet was a master in experimental firing techniques, which he knew from Chinese and Japanese art. The copper-red colour on this vase, for example, called sang de boeuf (oxblood), comes from Chinese porcelain of the Kangxi period (1654-1772). Chaplet jealously guarded the techniques he developed, even going so far as to destroy his notebooks at the end of his life.