Flower Vase (cuvette à fleurs Courteille)

Flower Vase (cuvette à fleurs Courteille)

LCSH: Porcelain, French—18th century—Pictorial works | Porcelain, French—Private collections | Porcelain, French—Vincennes—18th century—Slide collections | Vincennes porcelain—18th century—Pictorial works | Slides (Photography)—Private collections | Fritzsche, Ulrich—Art collections—Pictorial works | Ceramic tableware—France—18th century | Vases—France—18th century | Gilding—France—18th century | Decoration and ornament—Plant forms—France—18th century | Plants in art | Ships in art | Battleships | Weapons in art | Military trophies in art

Getty AAT keywords: porcelain (material) | porcelain (visual works) | dinnerware | vases | porcelain painting (image-making) | gilding-technique | plant-derived motifs | marines (visual works) | boats | full-rigged ships | naval ships | warships | weapons | trophies (war monuments)

35mm color slide of a Courteille flower vase (Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory), with a bleu céleste (celestial blue) ground color, and a white rim with gilded edges. In the central reserve is a painting of a trophy with a boat, weapons, and flowers. This vase once belonged to Madame de Pompadour, and was on display as a centerpiece at her château in Saint-Ouen. Julie Emerson credits Dr. Fritzsche for unearthing this object’s relation to Madame de Pompadour’s inventory. The mark on the bottom is for Louis-Denis Armand aîné (the elder; active 1745–88), who is believed to be the painter of both this scene and the maritime battle on the reverse (Emerson 2000, 148; Emerson 2007, 60–65, 66n16, 66n19). For the reverse of this object, see Slide 10a. Find more details on this object on the SAM Digital Collections page. The number 10 is handwritten on the slide.

Fritzsche, Ulrich (creator of slide); D’Arms, Ted (photographer); Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory (creator of object)

Seattle Art Museum Libraries

1755–56 (date of object)

May 1990 (date of slide)

Painter, Kirsten Blythe

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English | French

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See Complete Bibliography for the Fritzsche Porcelain Collection

France

eighteenth century (dates CE)

slide, scanned using an Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner at 3200 dpi.