Vase Aubert, no. 21
Manufacturer
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
(French, 1756 - present)
Designer
Mary Monin-Moeller
(French, active 1926 - 1930)
Decorator
Charles Pihan
(French, b. 1863)
Date1927
MediumHard-paste porcelain with enamels
DimensionsOverall: 15 1/8 × 6 × 6 inches (38.42 × 15.24 × 15.24 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: the Lillian M. Diveley Fund
Object number2025.18
InscribedOn reverse:
"[Interlaced DE] d'ap. Mary Morin"
Stylized "P." decorator's mark presumably for Charles Pihan
MarkingsOn reverse, stamp "MADE IN FRANCE"/["S/1927/DA" [Letter "S" in lozenge with 1927 and nature of paste indicating Pate dure ancienne or hard-paste]/"RF/Manufacture Nationale/décoré à Sèvres/1927" [Monogram of the French Republic]
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DescriptionCylindrical vase decorated with stylized wheat stalks superimposed on background of triangles.ProvenanceWith Licorne Unique, Shenzhen, China, 2021 [1];
Purchased at auction by Dragesco-Cramoisan, Paris, by 2025;
Purchased from Dragesco-Cramoisan by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025.
NOTES:
[1] Published and illustrated in Licorne’s online blog, dated March 11, 2021: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/SbvmFAPubCm-HqhueZuBxw.
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