  
  About the Artwork
  
  
  This pair of pot pourri vases, probably purchased by King Louis XV in December 1762, demonstrates the highest achievements in porcelain production in eighteenth-century Europe. Pot pourris, available in a wide variety of materials and shapes, were a ubiquitous feature of the eighteenth-century interior. Designed both as pot pourris and as bulb pots, these rare models represent the rococo's fondness for complex and novel forms. The front of each vase depicts a scene of Chinese life based on engravings after Fran&Atilde;&sect;ois Boucher.
  
  
  Title
  Triangular Potpourri Vase
  
  
  Artwork Date
  1761
  
  
  
  
  Makers
  
  
  Charles-Nicolas Dodin  (Decorator)
  French, 1734-1803
  Jean-Claude Duplessis, p&Atilde;&uml;re  (Designer)
  Italian, 1690-1774
  S&Atilde;&uml;vres Porcelain Manufactory  (Manufacturer)
  French, active 1756 - present
  
  
  
  Medium
  Soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration and gilding
  
  
  Dimensions
  Overall: 12 &Atilde;&#151; 6 1/2 &Atilde;&#151; 7 inches (30.5 &Atilde;&#151; 16.5 &Atilde;&#151; 17.8 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Ceramics
  
  
  Department
  European Sculpture and Dec Arts
  
  
  Credit
  Bequest of Mrs. Horace E. Dodge in memory of her husband
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
  This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection.
  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum&acirc;&#128;&#153;s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems&acirc;&#128;&#148;no longer assigned&acirc;&#128;&#148;that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  71.247
  
  
  Copyright
  Public Domain
  
  
  
