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Pedestal and mounts by Pierre Philippe Thomire French
This celebrated vase was made for the Florentine house of Count Nicholas Demidoff. The Russian Demidoff family owned the lands from which the malachite was mined.
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Title: Monumental vase
Maker:
Pedestal and mounts by Pierre Philippe Thomire (French, Paris 1751–1843 Paris)
Date: lapidary work: early 19th century; pedestal and mounts: 1819
Culture: probably Italian, Florence and French, Paris
Medium: Russian malachite, composite filling material; gilt-bronze mounts; bronze pedestal
Dimensions:
Overall: H. with pedestal 109 1/4 in., Wt. 1575lb. (277.5 cm, 714.4153kg); Vase: H. without pedestal 63 3/4 x Circum. at top 54 x Circum. at bottom 30 (161.9 x 137.2 x 76.2 cm); Pedestal: H. 45 1/2 x W. 37 1/2 x D. 37 1/2 in. (115.6 x 95.3 x 95.3 cm)
Classification: Natural Substances
Credit Line: Purchase, Admiral Frederic R. Harris Gift, 1944
Accession Number: 44.152a, b
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