One of a Pair of Potpourri Vases (Vases ovales Mercure)
Description
English: Unglazed medallions of the Latin god of commerce, Mercury, give these vases their name. On the reverse are medallions of Medusa and Julia, daughter of Emperor Titus, based on ancient carved gems formerly in the collection of Baron Philippe von Stosch. A similar pair of vases, dated 1767, in the Royal Collection of England, bear images of Louis XV and the Empress Marie-Therèse.
Date
circa 1770
date QS:P571,+1770-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
soft-paste porcelain, gilt on bronze and marble base
Special exhibition of Sèvres Porcelain. Galleries of E. M. Hodgkins, Paris. 1909. Special Exhibition of the Works of Art of the Mediaeval, Renaissance, and More Recent Periods. South Kensington Museum, London. 1862.
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