ceramic, porcelain
ceramic
porcelain
food illustration
decorative-art
rococo
Dimensions: 7 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 4 5/16 in. (18.42 x 13.97 x 10.95 cm)
Copyright: Public Domain
The Vincennes Porcelain Factory produced this ewer, sometime in the mid-18th century. The object is a symphony of flowing lines and delicate ornamentation. The eye is immediately drawn to the vivid turquoise glaze that cascades down one side, contrasting beautifully with the pristine white porcelain. Note how the gilded detailing enhances the ewer's contours, tracing the floral arrangement and handle with an almost calligraphic precision. This interplay between color, line, and texture invites us to consider the semiotic structure of the piece. The floral motif, rendered in soft pastels, functions as a signifier of natural beauty and aristocratic taste. This ewer, with its emphasis on formal elegance, serves as a testament to the power of objects to embody cultural values and aesthetic ideals. It is a reminder that even the most utilitarian objects can be elevated to the realm of art through careful attention to form and detail.
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This Ewer was originally commissioned on February 19, 1753, by Jean Gaillard de la Bouëxière, the patron of the Grand Salon which surrounds us. But according to the archives, when the ewer was finished in 1755, it was delivered to Madame de Pompadour, who must have been infatuated with this Ewer when she first saw it. With its elegant shape, its refined pictorial decoration of a flower bouquet and a butterfly, its energetic gold hatching and its intensive color fields of white and celestial blue, the De la Bouëxière Ewer epitomizes the artistic essence of the Vincennes porcelain factory at the height of its production, after it had surpassed Meissen as the most fashionable porcelain maker in Europe, and just before the founding of Sèvres.
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