Pair of Vases (Vases à Pied de Globe)

Manufacture nationale de Sèvres · 1769 · Art Institute of Chicago

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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.

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Maker: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (French, founded 1740), Designed by Charles Nicolas Dodin (French, 1734–1803)
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.)
Place of origin: Sèvres
Held by: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · On view · Gallery 234
Credit line: The Antiquarian Society Centennial Gift