Pair of Vases(Vases à perles or Vases à panneaux) Paar vazen (vases à perles of vases à panneaux), Manufacture de Sèvres, c. 1771
porcelain, h 30.3cm × w 17.9cm × d 13.9cm × d 7.4cm More details
In 1757, the sculptor Etienne Maurice Falconet became the head of the sculpture workshop at Sèvres, where he advocated a geometric, classical style. The vases owe their name to the ‘pearls’ and raised panels featuring images. These vases may have been part of a set with the adjacent ‘vase ballon,’ although the green background colour varies slightly.
