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Full Description
Despite its name,
the Vase Japon is an interpretation of a Chinese bronze Yu (or
Hu) vase from the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.). Its design and decoration
derive from a woodblock print published in a forty-volume catalogue of the vast
Chinese imperial collections compiled between 1749 and 1751 at the behest of
the Qianlong emperor. Around 1767, a copy of this catalogue was sent to Henri
Bertin, who at the time was France's secretary of state and commissaire du roi
at the Sevres factory. The Vase Japon was made in 1774 along
with two other vases of the same size, shape, and decoration. Each bears the
mark of the gilder-painter Jean-Armand Fallot (act. 1764 90). However, of the
three, only this example is adorned with a silver-gilt handle and chain, which,
like its shape and surface pattern, are directly inspired by the Chinese model.
The mounts bear the mark of Charles Ouizille, who, in 1784, became the official
jeweller of Louis XVI.
Contents
Director's
Foreword; Acknowledgments; A Vase is Born by Arlene Shechet; Sevres Manufactory's
Vase Japon by Marie-Laure Buku Pongo; Bibliography; Index; Image Credits
