Vase (vase chinois) (one of a pair), 1791, French, Sèvres, Hard-paste porcelain, gilt bronze, Overall (confirmed): H. 15-5/8 x

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Vase (vase chinois) (one of a pair), 1791, French, Sèvres, Hard-paste porcelain, gilt bronze, Overall (confirmed): H. 15-5/8 x W. 5-13/16 x D. 5-5/8 in. ( x x cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, Fashions changed quickly in France during the eighteenth century, but the taste for decoration in the Chinese style and for black lacquer never waned. This pair of vases, which dates from the last decade of the century, reflects a model known at the Sèvres factory as vase chinois, and the handles in the form of the head of a fantastic beast allude to the exoticism then associated with China

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
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