ID: 700009677 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009677	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Pair of Mounted Vases with Flowers (vase; Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (German porcelain factory, act...; Vase: before 1733; Flowers: ab...; J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, Calif...; 79.DI.59)

Note: Pair of Meissen-made vases featuring porcelain flowers, a popular decoration in wealthy Parisian homes in the 1740s. These particular vases were cut down and had gilt-bronze mounts added by a French manufacturer. The flowers, created by the Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory (1740-1756), were set into the pre-existing stems.

Titles:

Pair of Mounted Vases with Flowers (preferred,C,U,D,English-P,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))

mount (attachment) [300171585]

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by general context>, attachments)

sculpture (visual works) [300047090]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

decorative arts (preferred)

Creation Date: Vase: before 1733; Flowers: about 1745-1750; Mount: about 1745-1749

Creator Display:

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (German porcelain factory, active 1710-present; Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory, French porcelain factory, 1740-1756; Unknown French manufacturer, 18th century) [preferred]

manufactory Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (German porcelain factory, active from 1710 to the present) Extent: primary work [500054662]

manufactory Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory (French porcelain factory, active ca. 1740-1756) Extent: sculpture [500055302]

manufactory Unknown French Manufacturer (Unknown artist) Extent: base [500463405]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500115988] J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 79.DI.59

Creation: Meissen [7012844] Saxony (state), Germany (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Creation: Vincennes [7009740] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Creation: Paris [7008038] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: vase: hard-paste porcelain and polychrome-enamel decoration; flowers: soft-paste porcelain; Mount: gilt-bronze

	hard paste porcelain (material) [300010663]
	.......(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))

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

	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))

	ormolu [300011048]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by form>, plate (material), <plate by technique>)

Dimensions: Number of vases: 2

Cultures:

German (preferred)

French

General Subject:

decorative arts (preferred,isness)

natural objects (ofness)

Specific Subjects:

	artificial flower [300375244]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, artificial flora) (AAT)

	insect [300310470]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Arthropoda (phylum), Hexapoda (subphylum)) (AAT)

	naturalism (artistic form of expression) [300311115]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, artistic concepts, forms of expression (artistic concept)) (AAT)

Provenance: - Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, former Duchess of Marlborough, American, 1877 - 1964 Source: Correspondence with Matthew Schutz, April 10, 1979, in the files of the Department of Sculpture and Decorative Arts, J. Paul Getty Museum. - 1979 Matthew Schutz, Ltd. (New York, New York), sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1979.

Inscriptions: On some mounts, stamped: the crowned "C" for 1745-1749.

Marks: On some mounts, stamped: the crowned "C" for 1745-1749.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Pair of Mounted Vases with Flowers	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) "Pair of Mounted Vases with Flowers," accessed 6 March 2020

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) accessed 6 March 2020, "Pair of Mounted Vases with Flowers,'

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) accessed 6 March 2020