Elephant Candelabrum Vase (Vase à Tête d'Eléphant)

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (French, founded 1740) Design attributed to Jean-Claude Duplessis (French, c. 1695–1774) Painted by Pierre-Louis-Philippe Armand (French, active 1758–1781)

Date

c. 1757–58

Medium

Soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding

Dimensions

38.5 × 25 × 14.7 cm (15 1/8 × 9 13/16 × 5 3/4 in.)

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Credit line

Joseph Maier and Arthur Lewis Liebman Memorial: Gift of Kenneth J. Maier, M.D.