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| Keywords: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory - Pair of Vases - Walters 481796, 481797 - Profile Group.jpg The elephant vases made in three sizes between 1756 and 1762 are among the rarest and most bizarre forms produced at Sèvres These examples are distinguished by the pseudo-Oriental or chinoiserie scenes painted by Charles-Nicolas Dodin The artist used as his source engravings representing the senses Hearing and Smell executed by Gabriel Huquier after paintings by François Boucher This pair of vases is thought to have been commissioned by Mme de Pompadour ca 1760 soft-paste porcelain with enamels cm 31 1 accession number 48 1796 48 1797 77454 Collection of Alfred de Rothschild Collection Almina Countess of Carnarvon London Collection of Arnold Seligmann London Henry Walters New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Mrs Henry Walters New York 1931 by inheritance Mrs Henry Walters Collection Sale New York April 26 1941 no 650 Walters Art Museum 1941 by purchase Museum purchase 1941 Visible marks on base Factory Mark Intertwined Lls; Date Letter H 1760 ; Date Letter Color Blue; Decorator's Mark K Dodin Charles-Nicolas 1732-1803 place of origin Sèvres France Walters Art Museum license Sèvres porcelain in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Charles-Nicolas Dodin Animal porcelain patterns Sèvres elephant vase | ||||
