- Title:
- A large Sèvres porcelain vase
- Object name(s):
- Ceramic
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Baluster form (shape: "de blois") in art nouveau taste. White ground painted in blues, green and yellows, with stylised floral foliage and budgerigar. Complexity, combined with its size, make this Sevres vase an excellent example of its kind.
- Dimension:
- 100 cm high (ca)
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Gift, Ministre de l'instruction publique et des beaux-arts en souvenir de la réception faite aux Universités françaises et au Collège de France, June 1906. In 1906 the University of London invited the University of Paris and other French universities to visit London. On their return, the Minister of Public Instruction sent this Sevres vase to the University. Sen. Min. 24 Oct. 1906.
- Object name:
- Ceramic
- Object number:
- M-00001
- Object production date:
- 1904
- Object production person:
- Gebleux, Léonard
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1861-1941
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- French
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a7f1188b-5d95-3eb4-98ee-050588086572
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a7f1188b-5d95-3eb4-98ee-050588086572, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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