id:			380103
accession number:	2020.200.2.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.200.2.a
updated:		2022-11-08 10:00:31.928000

Potpourri Vase, 1860–1880. France. Blanc-de-chine porcelain; gilt bronze mount; overall: 20.4 x 21.2 cm (8 1/16 x 8 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.200.2.a

title:				Potpourri Vase
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creation date:			1860–1880
creation date earliest:		1860
creation date latest:		1880
current location:		003 Special Exhibition Hall
creditline:			Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
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culture:	France
technique:	blanc-de-chine porcelain; gilt bronze mount
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 20.4 x 21.2 cm (8 1/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection
	opening date:   2022-09-11T04:00:00
	<i>Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Levesque Père & Fils, Paris, France
	date: by 1996
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	(Levesque Père & Fils, Paris, France, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley)
	date: 1996
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	Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1996–2020
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	Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2020
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2020–
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fun fact: 
Potpourri vases always have holes in the top to let the scent of dried spices and flowers contained within freshen the air around them.

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wall description: 
This vase—part of a pair of covered vases—was created to contain potpourri, a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices emitting ambient fragrance. This specific function offered a particularly fertile ground for the development of French porcelain from the mid-1700s, as manufactories experimented with forms, surface ornamentations, and placement of perforations. Produced by the firm of Edmé Samson in the 1800s, the vases pay homage to this history. While using updated technique and material, as well as more exuberant decorations, these vases draw upon designs by earlier innovators such as the Saint-Cloud manufactory.
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