ID: 700089710 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700089710	Record Type: Movable Work

Lidded Pot-pourri Vase (potpourri vase; Sèvres Manufactory (French, founded 1756); painting on front...; bout 1760; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 75.DE.11;)

Note: This boat-shaped vase is one of the most famous models introduced by the Sèvres porcelain manufactory; among the largest vessels produced by the factory, these vases were extremely difficult to fire because the multiple piercings in the body weakened the overall structure, and they tended to collapse in the kiln. Consequently, only about twelve were ever produced, ten of which survive today. The shape derives from the nef, a table decoration in the form of a ship, which was usually of precious metals and used since medieval times. This vase would have held potpourri used to perfume a room. Containers for potpourri first appeared in the 1700s in France, made from precious metals, porcelain, lacquer, or hardstones; recipes for their sweet-smelling contents were soon prevalent. Vases known as vaisseau à mat (masted ships) were made to be sold with other vases of different shapes to form a garniture. Charles-Nicolas Dodin painted the rustic scene on the front, copying an engraving after a painting by the Flemish artist David Teniers the Younger.

Titles:

Lidded Pot-pourri Vase (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Potpourri Vase (C,U,English,U,U)

Vase ou pot-pourri vaisseau à mât, deuxième grandeur (C,U,FT,French,U,U)

Lidded Pot-pourri Vase (vase or pot-pourri vaisseau à mât, deuxième grandeur) (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

potpourri vase [300198931] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>)

Classifications:

decorative arts (preferred)

Creation Date: bout 1760

Creator Display:

Sèvres Manufactory (French, founded 1756); painting on front panel attributed to Charles-Nicolas Dodin (French, 1734 - 1803); reserve scenes after engravings by Jacques-Philippe Le Bas (French, 1707 - 1783), after paintings by David Teniers the Younger (Flemish, 1610 - 1690) [preferred]

manufactory Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (French porcelain manufactory, active from 1756 to the present) [500054661]

painter Dodin, Charles Nicolas (French porcelain painter, 1734-1803) [500115713]

indirect relationship Le Bas, Jacques-Philippe (French engraver and draftsman, 1707-1783) Qualifier: after [500016455]

indirect relationship Teniers, David (Flemish painter, 1610-1690) Qualifier: after [500001443]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 75.DE.11

Other: Creation: Sèvres [7007999] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: soft-paste porcelain; pink and green ground colors; polychrome enamel decoration and gilding

	soft paste porcelain (material) [300010665]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>, <ceramic and ceramic by product>, ceramic (material), porcelain (material))

	porcelain enamel [300014915]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by composition or origin>, enamel (fused coating))

	gilding (material) [300379350]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by form>)

Dimensions: 37.5 × 34.8 × 17.3 cm (14 3/4 × 13 11/16 × 6 13/16 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	ship [300082981]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Transportation Vehicles (hierarchy name), vehicles (transportation), watercraft, <watercraft by general type>) (AAT)

	pot pourri (material) [300264512]
	.....(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Signature(s): Painted underneath with the blue crossed "L"'s (partially abraded) of the Sèvres manufactory

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Lidded Pot-pourri Vase	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Potpourri Vase	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Vase ou pot-pourri vaisseau à mât, deuxième grandeur	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Lidded Pot-pourri Vase (vase or pot-pourri vaisseau à mât, deuxième grandeur)	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) 3 June 2022