Potpourri vase (pot-pourri gondole)
Object type: Potpourri vase
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Sèvres
Artist: Jean-Claude Duplessis|Sèvres Manufactory|Charles Nicolas Dodin
Artist bio: French, ca. 1695–1774, active 1748–74|French, 1740–present|French, Versailles 1734–1803 Sèvres
Artist role: Modeler|Manufactory|Decorator
Artist nationality: French|French|French
Date: 1757
Medium: Soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold
Dimensions: Overall, body with lid (confirmed): 12 3/16 x 14 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. (31 x 36.2 x 19.7 cm); Overall, base (confirmed): 2 5/16 x 9 x 5 1/4 in. (5.9 x 22.9 x 13.3 cm); Height assembled (confirmed): 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit line: Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
Accession year: 1958
Tags: Flowers|Putti