Detail View: The AMICA Library: Vase
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.1989.230
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Name:
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Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
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Creator Role:
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Factory
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Manufactured by Sèvres
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Creator Name:
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Kann, Léon
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Creator Role:
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Designer
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Creator Dates/Places:
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active 1896-ca. 1915; active at Sèvres 1896-98 and 1900-08
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Designed by Léon Kann
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Title:
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Vase
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Title Type:
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Object name
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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20th century (1900)
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Creation Start Date:
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1900
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Creation End Date:
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1900
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Materials and Techniques:
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Hard-paste porcelain
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Classification Term:
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Ceramics-Porcelain
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Dimensions:
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H. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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1989.230
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Credit Line:
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Purchase, Friends of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Gifts, 1989
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Rights:
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Context:
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At the end of the nineteenth century French potters were strongly influenced by the naturalistic forms and variegated glazes of Asian ceramics. In 1900 at Sèvres, Léon Kann designed a number of gourd-shaped vases. The mellifluous lines and subtly graded coloring of this example merge an Asian aesthetic with the last flowering of the Art Nouveau style. A gentle spiral movement is sustained by the curve of the flowering vine and the artful placement of the snails. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.es1989.230.R.tif
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