Vase
Jean-Claude Duplessis
c. 1749–52
Medium
Soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding
Dimensions
19.4 × 11.2 × 9.6 cm (7 5/8 × 4 3/8 × 3 3/4 in.)
Classification
vase
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
222860
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
As the artistic director of the Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory, the Italian-born goldsmith and designer Jean-Claude Duplessis (c. 1695–1774) was responsible for many of the innovative forms of the Rococo and early Neoclassical styles that the factory produced. Duplessis designed porcelain vases, tea and dinnerwares, and gilt-bronze mounts for porcelain. These objects often possess a particularly sensual and organic quality that was new to porcelain at the time.