Potpourri Vase with Cover
Unknown Artist
c. 1860–80
Medium
blanc-de-chine porcelain; gilt bronze mount
Dimensions
26.3 × 21.3 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
Accession Number
2020.200.1
About this artwork
This vase was likely made by the celebrated Parisian ceramics firm of Edmé Samson (1810–91). To cater to the resurgence in taste for 18th-century designs, the Samson firm specialized in making reproductions of rare 18th-century European porcelains, especially those from firms that had already copied Chinese porcelains. In this case, this vase's design is taken from models produced by the Saint-Cloud factory in the 1750s after earlier Qing dynasty Chinese ceramics. However, the telltale sign that...