Vase

Designer Emile Reiber (French, 1826 - 1893)

Manufacturer Christofle et Cie (French, 1830 - present)

Datedesigned 1872

MediumGilt and silvered bronze, enamel

DimensionsOverall: 18 × 9 7/8 × 8 inches (45.72 × 25.08 × 20.32 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: the Lillian M. Diveley Fund

Object number2018.50

InscribedInscribed around rim of vase: "CHRISTOFLE & CIE. PARIS"

On View

On view

Gallery Location

Collections

Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts

Terms

DescriptionA large vase with cloisonné enamel panels of Japanese-inspired flowers and plants with additional Asian-inspired motifs and designs in silver electroplating. Vase with flared handles with enameled thumb pieces supported by a base with three elephant heads covered in silver geometric patterning with additional small panels of enamel around the flared base separated by bands of stylized floral designs in silver.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Vienna Universal Exhibition, Vienna, Austria, May 1– Nov 1, 1873, no cat.

Exposition Universelle, Paris, France, April 12–November 12, 1900, no cat.

Provenance

Georges Janin (d. 1915), Paris, France, possibly 1878–1915 [1];

By descent to his son Alban Janin (1880–1948), Montreal, Canada, 1915-1948;

By descent to his daughters Mrs. Lalonde and Mrs. Claire Janin-Duranleau (1917–2013), Montreal, Canada, 1948-1999;

Unknown private collection, Montreal, Canada, 1999-2017;

With Oscar Graf, Paris, France, by 2017;

Purchased from Oscar Graf by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.

NOTES:

[1] It is presumed that Georges Janin acquired the vases at one of the international exhibitions, most likely Paris in 1878. Janin emigrated to Montreal, Canada in 1892. The dealer Oscar Graf provided this information in a sale catalogue note, NAMA curatorial files.

Published References

“Christofle, 150 ans d’art et de reve” in Dossier de l’art, vol. 2, (July-August 1991).

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