Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (French, founded 1740)
Designed by Charles Nicolas Dodin (French, 1734–1803)
Pair of Vases (Vases à Pied de Globe)
INV-9399
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (French, founded 1740)
Designed by Charles Nicolas Dodin (French, 1734–1803)1769
Pair of Vases (Vases à Pied de Globe)
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (French, founded 1740) Designed by Charles Nicolas Dodin (French, 1734–1803) →vasevessel
Date
1769
Medium
Soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, gilding, and gilt-bronze mounts
Dimensions
1977.220a-b: 35.9 × 13 × 11.1 cm (14 1/8 × 5 1/8 × 4 3/8 in.)
1977.221a-b: 35.2 × 12.9 × 11.1 cm (13 15/16 × 5 1/16 × 4 3/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Antiquarian Society Centennial Gift
These rare urn-shaped Neoclassical vases were decorated by Charles-Nicolas Dodin, one of the major figure painters at Sèvres. An extremely versatile painter, he created chinoiseries (fanciful depictions of Chinese life), scenes after the Dutch painter David Teniers the Younger (1610–1690), mythological images, and pastoral subjects drawn from works by and after the French artist François Boucher (1703–1770). Dodin’s colors are often intensely saturated and luminous.