There is one other image of this object. This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions), and as such we offer a high-resolution image of it. See our image rights statement.

 

See more objects with the tag ceramics, gold, vessels, luxury, nature, porcelain.

See more objects with the color black darkslateblue darkslategrey darkolivegreen lightslategrey or see all the colors for this object.

Object Timeline

-0001

1988

  • We acquired this object.

2014

2015

2024

  • You found it!

Vase Vase

This is a vase. It was decorated by Aimé-Joseph Goddé and manufactured by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory and modeled by Jules-Constant-Jean-Baptiste Peyre. It is dated 1868 and we acquired it in 1988. Its medium is hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, metal. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

Sèvres showed this vase form at their display in the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1855. Named after missionary R. P. Ly, who published influential studies on Chinese porcelain, the vase was produced in a range of patterns, including this rich vegetal motif against a brilliant blue background.

It is credited Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.

  • Vase (USA)
  • favrile glass.
  • Gift of Thomas Carnase.
  • 1984-108-1
  • Vase (France)
  • etched overlay glass.
  • Gift of Harry Harkness Flagler.
  • 1949-89-2

Our curators have highlighted 6 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

  • Vase (China)
  • enameled and glazed hard-paste porcelain.
  • 1977-48-12-a
  • Vase (USA)
  • hand-painted and glazed earthenware.
  • Gift of Anonymous Donor.
  • 1967-48-94

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 33.8 × 14.8 cm (13 5/16 × 5 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Unmarked

It is signed

At base: [1] "Goddé", painted in gold

It is inscribed

Uninscribed

Cite this object as

Vase Vase; Modeled by Jules-Constant-Jean-Baptiste Peyre (French, 1811 - 1871); Decorated by Aimé-Joseph Goddé (French, b. 1823); Manufactured by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (France); France; hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, metal; H x diam.: 33.8 × 14.8 cm (13 5/16 × 5 13/16 in.); Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund; 1988-83-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Making Design.

This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18631985/ |title=Vase Vase |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=26 April 2024 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>