Vase (1905): Art, History and Details
Vase at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1905, porcelain. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Vase (1905) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Jean-Charles-Hippolyte-Abel Leger (French); Sèvres Porcelain Factory (French, est. 1756).
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
The shape of this vase, with its globular body and long neck, is influenced by the form of Chinese porcelain vases intended to hold singular flowers or branches. Delicate pink poppies with green and gold leaves decorate the vase.
Object facts
- Title: Vase
- Date: 1905
- Creator attribution: Jean-Charles-Hippolyte-Abel Leger (French); Sèvres Porcelain Factory (French, est. 1756)
- Culture: France, Sèvres
- Type: Ceramic
- Technique: porcelain
- Dimensions: Overall: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.)
- Collection: Decorative Arts
- Department: Decorative Art and Design
- Accession number: 1997.289
Collection credit
Gift of Henry H. Hawley
View the collection record
See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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