A Pair of Gilt-Bronze Mounted, Moulded and Etched Glass Vases
By Baccarat, circa 1880
The gilt-bronze mounts cast to depict branches blossoming with prunus
Each vase: 7 ¼ in (18.4 cm) high
Provenance
Melplash Court, Dorset
cf. Gallé and Japonisme, exh. cat., Suntory Museum of Art, Osaka, 2008, p.121, no.73 – for an illustration of a Chinese cloisonné box with similar prunus blossom
branch mounts in the Victoria and Albert Museum
Japonisme in Decorative Arts, exh. cat., Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, 1998, p.76-77, p.79 - for illustrations of vases with related designs in the Musée Baccarat, Paris
Each vase: 7 ¼ in (18.4 cm) high
Provenance
Melplash Court, Dorset
cf. Gallé and Japonisme, exh. cat., Suntory Museum of Art, Osaka, 2008, p.121, no.73 – for an illustration of a Chinese cloisonné box with similar prunus blossom
branch mounts in the Victoria and Albert Museum
Japonisme in Decorative Arts, exh. cat., Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, 1998, p.76-77, p.79 - for illustrations of vases with related designs in the Musée Baccarat, Paris
The form of the vase and its ormolu mounts reveal an awareness of Japanese and
Chinese objets d'art, though the taste governing their production shows a
tendency for the elaborate typical of the time. The style of cutting is in imitation
of Chinese rock crystal carving. The decoration and the mount are also in the
Japanese and Chinese taste popular from the 1880s onwards.
Similar etched and gilt-bronze mounted vases by Baccarat can be found in the Musée Baccarat, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Similar etched and gilt-bronze mounted vases by Baccarat can be found in the Musée Baccarat, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
