Elephant Candelabrum Vase (Vase à Tête d'Eléphant)
<p>This model is one of the more exotic forms created by Jean-Claude Duplessis. The elephants’ trunks originally supported double candle sockets that are now missing. The idea of combining elephant heads with a vase may have derived from a Ming dynasty Chinese vase or a Meissen candelabrum. The Sèvres painter Pierre-Louis-Philippe Armand accentuated the sensuous qualities of the elephants by framing their brown eyes with pink lids and long eyelashes.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1757
- Dimensions
- 38.5 × 25 × 14.7 cm (15 1/8 × 9 13/16 × 5 3/4 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Year
- 1757
- Dimensions
- 38.5 × 25 × 14.7 cm (15 1/8 × 9 13/16 × 5 3/4 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1757-143448
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified