Vase (vase hollandois nouveau ovale) (one of a pair) (part of a set)

Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory French
 Floral decoration probably by Jean-Baptiste Noualhier French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 529

This model of vase is made in two parts. The flared upper section would have contained earth for growing plants; the lower section held water. Small holes in the base of the upper section allowed the water to be absorbed. These two vases formed a garniture with the slightly earlier vase, "vase Boileau" (50.211.158a, b), and were owned by Prince Henry of Prussia.

Vase (vase hollandois nouveau ovale) (one of a pair) (part of a set), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Soft-paste porcelain, French, Sèvres

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Vase (vase hollandois nouveau ovale) (one of a pair) (part of a set), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Soft-paste porcelain, French, Sèvres
Vase (vase hollandois nouveau ovale) (one of a pair) (part of a set), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Soft-paste porcelain, French, Sèvres
Vase (vase hollandois nouveau ovale) (one of a pair) (part of a set), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Soft-paste porcelain, French, Sèvres
Vase (vase hollandois nouveau ovale) (one of a pair) (part of a set), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Soft-paste porcelain, French, Sèvres

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