Manufacture of Sèvres (end XIXth c. and XXth c.) ◊ Chalice-shaped crater vase ◊ Porcelain with decor of birds
Porcelain with polychrome and gold decoration
Stamp of the Manufacture under the base
Height 27 cm x Width 18 cm
Perfect state
Description
Its peculiar form comes from Greek antiquity, where it was intended for the service of wine. Its exuberant scenery of exotic and imaginary birds is treated like an 18th-century painting, distributed on the faces on both sides, framed by a profusion of stylized vegetable motifs in gold, on the belly, the foot and the handles. A good example of the French know-how in hard porcelain.
