Pair of Ewers – Unknown

Unknownporcelain 1662 – 1722; mounts 1745 – 1749

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Voltaire, one of France's most popular playwrights and philosophers in the 1700s, summarized the feelings of his country when he wrote that Europeans could do nothing but "admire, blush and, above all, imitate" the works of the Chinese civilization. The French fascination with Chinese objects can be seen in these vases, whose mounts made them into ewers that were intended to be admired but never used.

To learn more about the market for mounted porcelain, scholars rely on the sales ledgers kept by Lazare Duvaux, an important Parisian marchand-mercier, between 1748 and 1758. From this book they learn who collected mounted porcelain (practically all his wealthy clients) and how much it cost. Duvaux would have purchased the porcelain unmounted and then commissioned French craftsmen to produce the elaborate gilt bronze mounts.

作品介绍

• 标题: Pair of Ewers
• 创作者: Unknown
• 日期: porcelain 1662 – 1722; mounts 1745 – 1749
• 外部链接: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
• 材质: Hard-paste porcelain, celadon ground color, underglaze blue and copper red decoration; gilt bronze mounts
• Source Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
• Object Type: Ewer
• Object Status: Permanent Collection
• Number: 78.DI.9
• Display Location: Currently on view at: Getty Center, Museum South Pavilion, Gallery S109
• Department: Sculpture & Decorative Arts
• Culture: Chinese
• Classification: Decorative Arts

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The J. Paul Getty Museum