ID: 700008177 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008177	Record Type: Movable Work
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Vase (vase; Jean-Désiré Ringel d'Illzach (French medalist and scul...; 1889; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2010.2; )

Note: This astonishing monumental bronze vase is made up of four separately cast sections which are bolted together. It measures nearly nine feet from the circular molded socle to the handles' highest extremity. Twelve panels form the ovoid body of the vase, and each panel is framed by tapered moldings resembling Art Nouveau furniture fittings. A classical foliate border decorates the "shoulder" of the vase, and the tall narrow neck is encircled by cast bronze peacock feathers. In turn, these are held in place by intertwined bronze straps forming a guilloche pattern which rises in rhythmic flame-like peaks to form a stiff ruff. Fluted lengths of bronze are twisted into volute-like handles that curve above the upper rim of the vase. At the base of each handle is a mask, supported by hippocamps, with beaked animals forming a pair of horns above each mask. The panels of the vase's body teem with applied life-casts of spiders, a branch of juniper, bay leaves, lace and other scraps of fabric, string and ribbons, as well as areas of smeared wax, all of which have been perfectly replicated in the metal. Bats, stars, half moons and unidentifiable ghostly shapes appear to hover over the surfaces. Snails creep over the molded socle. This fantastical and nightmarish imagery shares qualities with the paintings and sculptures of Symbolist artists and writers working in Paris and Brussels at the end of the 19th century.

Titles:

Vase (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Vase monumental (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

vase [300132254] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>, vessels (containers))

Classifications:

decorative arts (preferred)

Creation Date: 1889

Creator Display:

Jean-Désiré Ringel d'Illzach (French medalist and sculptor, 1847 - 1916) [preferred,JPGM]

medalist Ringel d'Illzach, Désiré (French medalist and sculptor, 1849-1916) [500081982]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2010.2

Other: Creation: België [1000063] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Bronze and copper

	bronze (metal) [300010957]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>, copper alloy)

	copper (metal) [300011020]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>)

Dimensions: Object: H: 273 x W: 103 cm (107 1/2 x 40 9/16 in.) Object (handles): W: 140 cm (55 1/8 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Symbolist [300021514] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>, <modern European fine arts styles and movements>)

General Subject:

decorative arts (preferred)

utilitarian objects

Specific Subjects:

	bats (animals) [300310316]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class)) (AAT)

	bay leaf (material) [300386083]
	.....(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, leaf (plant material)) (AAT)

	guilloche (pattern) [300032286]
	.....(Physical Attributes Facet, Design Elements (hierarchy name), design elements (attributes), patterns (design elements), <patterns by specific type>) (AAT)

	branch (plant component) [300379798]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, biological components, plant components) (AAT)

	spiders (animals) [300249715]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Arthropoda (phylum), Chelicerata (subphylum), Arachnida (class)) (AAT)

	hippocamp [300380159]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), legendary beings) (AAT)

	half moons (motifs) [300386085]
	.....(Physical Attributes Facet, Design Elements (hierarchy name), design elements (attributes), motifs, natural element motifs) (AAT)

	lace (needlework) [300132861]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, needlework (visual works)) (AAT)

	ribbon (material) [300014668]
	.....(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>) (AAT)

	snails [300249702]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Mollusca (phylum), Gastropoda (class)) (AAT)

	stars (motifs) [300009811]
	.....(Physical Attributes Facet, Design Elements (hierarchy name), design elements (attributes), motifs, natural element motifs) (AAT)

	string (fiber product) [300014249]
	.....(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, cord (fiber product)) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Cie des Bronzes/Bruzelles et Paris/(Fonte directe)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Vase	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Vase monumental	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)