Two Vases (vase hollandais nouvelle forme)

These vases were filled with soil in order to grow bulbs or plants which would be watered through the pedestal. The painted scenes with Chinese figures and flowers are based in 18th-century Chinese prints. Although dozens of painters worked at the factory, this type of intricate decoration was exclusively created by Charles Nicolas Dodin. The most talented painter at the factory, Dodin used an exceptionally varied palette to depict these refined scenes.

  • Artwork typevase
  • Object numberBK-17510-A
  • Dimensionsheight 18.4 cm x width 13 cm x depth 10.9 cm, width 10.6 cm x depth 8.4 cm
  • Physical characteristicsbeschilderd en verguld porselein (pâte tendre)

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Two Vases (vase hollandais nouvelle forme)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-17510-A

  • Description

    Vaas van veelkleurig beschilderd porselein. Het bovenstuk is trechtervormig en is geplaatst in een ovaal voetstuk op vier lage poten. De vaas heeft een blauwe fond met uitgespaarde vakken waarin chinoiserieen. In een vak in het bovenstuk zijn twee vrouwen bij een boom geschilderd die een door een kind opgehouden schildering bewonderen. In een vak in het voetstuk is een vertrek geschilderd waarbinnen twee kinderen bij twee tafels. De vaas is gemerkt.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • factory mark
    • painter's mark: ‘k’
    • mark: ‘5’

Creation

  • Creation

    • porcelain company , Sèvres
    • designer: Jean-Claude Chambellan Duplessis, Sèvres
    • porcelain painter: Charles Nicolas Dodin, Sèvres

  • Dating

    1763

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    beschilderd en verguld porselein (pâte tendre)

  • Dimensions

    • height 18.4 cm x width 13 cm x depth 10.9 cm
    • width 10.6 cm x depth 8.4 cm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; sale, John Cockshut, London (Christie’s), 11 March 1913, no. 64, £1,050, to the dealer George R. Harding, London;{Baarsen 2013, pp. 300-5, no. 73; Copy Christie’s.}…; from Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, fl. 6,350,000, en bloc, to Artistic & General Securities Ltd. as security for a loan from the Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, but kept in usufruct, 1934;{NHA, 476, RMA Archive, inv. no. 2142, Recapitulatie der geïnventariseerde kunstvoorwerpen van wijlen Dr F. Mannheimer, undated, p. 29, no. Por 416 a-b, Artistic no. 21/35; NHA, 233, Arrondissementsrechtbank Amsterdam, inv. no. 1365, “O.R. 256/1939, Faillissementsdossier: nalatenschap Dr. F. Mannheimer, 28 augustus 1939”, image 3, page 2.} purchased from Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

  • Ronald Freyberger, '"Chinese" genre painting at Sèvres', American Ceramic Circle Bulletin 1 (1970/71), p. 31, fig. 3.

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