Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
Mounted Vase

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MakerPorcelain made by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory(Meissen, Germany, established 1710)Meissen, Germany, established 1710

MakerGilt bronze made by Jean-Claude Chambellan Duplessis the Elder(French, born Italy, c. 1695–1774)French, born Italy, c. 1695–1774

CultureFrench

Titles

Mounted Vase

DatePorcelain c. 1740, ormolu c. 1755–1760

MediumHard-paste porcelain and gilt-bronze

DimensionsOverall: 16 1/4 × 11 3/4 × 6 3/4 in. (41.3 × 29.8 × 17.1 cm)

Credit LineHorace Wood Brock Collection, museum purchase funded by the Rienzi Society

Object number2021.371

Current Location

Rienzi

Drawing Room

On view

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Department

Rienzi

Object Type

ProvenanceAlmost certainly the vase mentioned in the hôtel particulier of Nicolas Beaujon, banquier de la Cour, now the Palais de l'Elysée in the rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré
in 1787; [the sale of Nicolas Beaujon's collection, Paris, 25 April 1787 and the following days, lot 345]; [Anonymous sale, Ader Picard Tajan, Paris, Palais Galliera, 20 June 1968, lot 2]; Djahanguir Riahi; [Christie's New York, 2 November 2000, lot 16 ($105,000)]; Horace Wood Brock, 2000; MFAH, 2021

Exhibition HistorySplendor and Elegance: European Decorative Arts and Drawings from the Horace Wood Brock Collection. Museum of Fine Arts Boston, January 22–May 17, 2009

On view 2010—2015 at the Frick Collection

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Label on bottom: 07866548
Meissen crossed swords mark

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