A PAIR OF SEVRES PORCELAIN TWO-HANDLED VASES (VASES 'CARAFE ETRUSQUE', 3EME GRANDEUR)

CIRCA 1815, THE CAMEO PAINTING BY J. BODSON, INCISED DC PROBABLY FOR THE TURNER C.-L. DESOINS AND LE PROBABLY FOR THE REPAREUR J.-C. LEGUILLIER

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A PAIR OF SEVRES PORCELAIN TWO-HANDLED VASES (VASES 'CARAFE ETRUSQUE', 3EME GRANDEUR)
CIRCA 1815, THE CAMEO PAINTING BY J. BODSON, INCISED DC PROBABLY FOR THE TURNER C.-L. DESOINS AND LE PROBABLY FOR THE REPAREUR J.-C. LEGUILLIER
Each oviform with upright loop handles, the neck with purple faux gadroons enclosing pendant bell-flowers and flower-heads, painted and gilt overall on a dark carmine ground with trelliswork enclosing symbols of the Arts, Sciences, Nature and with rosettes, the lower portion with stiff acanthus leaf-tips alternate with lotus
9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) high

Provenance

The Estate of the Late Giuseppe Rossi; Sotheby's, London, 10-12 March 1999, vol. IV, lot 553.

Exhibited

Long Island, New York, Nassau County Museum, Napoleon and his Age, 28 January - 29 April, 2001.

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Lot Essay

The present vases are recorded in Sèvres sales records on 23 March 1815 [Sèvres, MMN, SCDArch. MNS, Vv1, 35.5] as "2 Vases carafe Et[rusque] 3e decor mosaique entier avec petits camees p[ar] Bodson" at a price of 206 livres each, or 412 livres for the pair. For an ink and gouache drawing of a teapot by Bodson with the same trellis-work pattern, see O. Nouvel-Kammerer, Symbols of Power, Napoleon and the Art of the Empire Style, 1800-1815, New York, 2007, p. 324.
Joseph Bodson is recorded as a decorator and painter at the manufactory from 1813-19. Charles-Louis Descoins, fils aîné is recorded as a turner at the manufactory from 1776-78 and 1780-1828. Jean-Charles Leguillier is recorded as a repareur mouleur d'ovale at the manufactory from 1812-48.

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