Vase de Mycène

Physical description

Vase de Mycène form with Renaissance style embellishments. The classical shape has Chinese inspired flambé glaze on the vase body and ormolu mounts on the foot and lip.

Place of Origin

Paris, France (made)

Date

1884 (made)

Artist/maker

Albert Carrier-Belleuse, born 1824 - died 1887 (designer)
Sevres (manufacturer)

Materials and Techniques

Hard-paste porcelain with a flambé glaze with ormolu mounts

Dimensions

Diameter: 14.0 cm, Height: 26.0 cm

Historical context note

Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, art director at Sèvres from 1875 to 1887, designed several forms inspired by ancient Greece, some with Renaissance-style embellishments. This form, known as a Vase de Mycène, was designed in 1880. The combination of classical shape and Chinese-inspired flambé glaze is not unusual for Sèvres at this period. The new hard-paste porcelain developed by the chemists, Charles Lauth and Charles Vogt, withstood much higher temperatures. The first successful firings with iron-base flambé glazes were announced in 1883.

Descriptive line

Porcelain vase with flambé glaze and ormolu mounts, made at the Sèvres Porcelain Factory, Paris, in 1884, designed by A.E. Carrier-Belleuse

Exhibition History

Passion for Porcelain: Ceramic Masterpieces from the British Museum and V&A (National Museum of China, Beijing 22/06/2012-06/01/2013)

Labels and date

VASE
Sevres Porcelain Factory
Manufacturer
A.-E. Carrier-Belleuse
(1824-1887)
Designer
Paris (Sevres): 1884
Porcelain,
with a flambè glaze
and ormolu mounts
54-1885

Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, art director at Sevres from 1875 to 1887, designed several forms inspired by ancient Greece, some with Renaissance-style embellishments. This form, known as a Vase de Mycène, was designed in 1880. The combination of classical shape and Chinese-inspired flambè glaze is not unusual for Sevres at this period. The new hard paste porcelain developed by the chemists, Charles Lauth and Charles Vogt, withstood much higher temperatures. The first successful firings with iron-based flambèglazes were announced in 1883.

Given by Mons. Ie Ministre de 1'Instruction Publique et des Beaux-Arts [1987-2006]

Production Note

Shape designed by Carrier-Belleuse in 1880 according to Marcelle Brunet and Tamara Préaud (Sèvres: des origines a nos jours, 1978, no. 417)

Materials

Hard paste porcelain; Ormolu

Techniques

Glazed; Mounted

Categories

Porcelain; Ceramics; Ph-survey

Collection code

CER