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Porcelain "tulip" vase with a dark blue ground decorated with reserved panels painted in blue monochrome with a baby in clouds holding a bird cage embraced with a finely chased gold framing. The throat of the vase forms two elaborated handles with a gilded leaf decoration on the rim.

Vase (Vase à Oreilles)

c. 1754

Designed by Jean-Claude Duplessis (French, c. 1695-1774) Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory (French, 1740-1756, after became Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory)

Vincennes

Soft-paste porcelain, underglaze and overglaze blue, and gilding

Applied Arts of Europe