ID: 700009158 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009158	Record Type: Movable Work
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Garniture of Three Vases (vases des âges: vase des âges à têtes de vieillards, première grandeur; vases des âges à têtes de jeunes femmes, deuxième grandeur) (garnitures (vases); Shape designed by Jacques-François Deparis (French, activ...; 1781; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.DE.718.1;)

Note: Beginning in 1778, the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory produced garnitures of five vases to a design called the vases des âges (vases of the ages). These ornamental vases were made in three sizes: a large central vase with handles in the shape of bearded male heads, a pair of smaller vases with heads of young women, and a pair of still smaller vases with heads of boys. In 1781 Louis XVI bought one of these garnitures for his library at the palace of Versailles. The scenes painted on the fronts of these vases showed episodes from The Adventures of Telemachus, one of the king's favorite books. The Getty Museum owns three of the original five vases, while the two smallest now belong to the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, Maryland. These vases are among the largest pieces of jeweled porcelain made at Sèvres. Jeweling was an elaborate form of decoration in which the ground color was covered with stamped gold foils. Small drops of colored enamel were then applied to the foils, imitating jewels, pearls, and moss agates. This type of ornament was extremely fragile and was therefore used only on objects created for display rather than for use. At least one of these vases was modeled by the répareur, Étienne-Henry Bono. The design was created after engravings by Jean-Baptiste Tilliard and after designs by Charles Monnet. Étienne-Henri Le Guay gilded the vases.

Titles:

Garniture of Three Vases (vases des âges: vase des âges à têtes de vieillards, première grandeur; vases des âges à têtes de jeunes femmes, deuxième grandeur) (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Three Lidded Vases (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: set

Work Types:

garnitures (vases) [300393184] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Object Groupings and Systems (hierarchy name), object groupings, <object groupings by specific context>, container groupings)

Classifications:

decorative arts (preferred)

Creation Date: 1781

Creator Display:

Shape designed by Jacques-François Deparis (French, active 1746 - 1797) (French Artist); modelled by the répareur Etienne-Henry Bono (French, active 1754 - 1781); painted by Antoine Caton (French, active 1749 - 1798); after engravings by Jean-Baptiste Tilliard (French, 1686 - 1766); after designs by Charles Monnet (French, 1732 - after 1808); Enamel jewelling by Philippe Parpette (French, active 1755 - 1757, 1773 - 1806); gilded by Etienne-Henri Le Guay (French, 1719/1720 - about 1799, active 1748 - 1749, 1751 - 1796); Sèvres Manufactory (French, active 1756 - present) [preferred,JPGM]

Deparis, Jacques-François (French porcelain designer, painter, and repairer, 1735-1797) [500121673]

Bono, Étienne-Henry (French porcelain repairer, 1742-after 1781) [500014871]

Caton, Antoine (French porcelain painter, 1726-1800) [500000674]

Tilliard, Jean-Baptiste (French master menuisier, 1685-1766) [500010817]

Monnet, Charles (French painter, draftsman, and illustrator, 1732-after 1808) [500016714]

Parpette, Philippe (French porcelain painter, enameler, and gilder, 1736-1806) [500031077]

LeGuay, Étienne-Henri (French ceramicist and porcelain gilder, 1719-ca. 1799) [500028491]

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (French porcelain manufactory, active from 1756 to the present) [500054661]

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: 84.DE.718.1

Other: Creation: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Sèvres, Île-de-France, France) [500054661] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Other: Former: England [7002445] United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Soft-paste porcelain, beau bleu ground color, polychrome enamel decoration, enamel imitating jewels, gilding, and gold foil

	soft paste porcelain (material) [300010665]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>, <ceramic and ceramic by product>, ceramic (material), porcelain (material))

	enamel (fused coating) [300014910]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by composition or origin>)

	polychrome [300252261]
	.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Color (hierarchy name), <color and color-related phenomena>, color (perceived attribute), color-related attributes, multicolored)

	decoration (process) [300056257]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>)

	imitation gemstone [300390916]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by property>, imitative materials, artificial stone)

	gilding (material) [300379350]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by form>)

	gilding (technique) [300053789]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, <surface covering processes and techniques>, metallizing)

	foil (metal by form) [300160106]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by form>)

Dimensions: Object: H: 47 x W: 27.6 x D: 19.4 cm (1 ft. 6 1/2 in. x 10 7/8 in. x 7 5/8 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred,isness)

religion and mythology

Specific Subjects:

	Telemachus [901000517]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Cupid [901001071]
	.....((Roman characters, Roman iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Menrva [901001041]
	.....((Roman characters, Roman iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Inscriptions: Secondary Inscription: Incised ".IO.B age 1e g" (for première grandeur) on the base and ".IO.B" on the neck.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Garniture of Three Vases (vases des âges: vase des âges à têtes de vieillards, première grandeur; vases des âges à têtes de jeunes femmes, deuxième grandeur)	........ [VP,JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Three Lidded Vases	........ [VP,JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)