一对花瓶 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	一对花瓶
品名（英）	Pair of vases
入馆年号	1949年，49.7.80, .81
策展部门	欧洲雕塑和装饰艺术（European Sculpture and Decorative Arts）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1700 - 公元 1775
创作地区
分类	金属制品镀金青铜（Metalwork-Gilt Bronze）
尺寸	整体 (each): 12 3/4 × 6 1/2 × 4 7/8 英寸 (32.4 × 16.5 × 12.4 厘米)
介绍（中）	用青瓷釉装饰的中国瓷瓶在18世纪的法国艺术收藏家中大受欢迎。在法国，他们经常安装镀金青铜底座，以增强潜在买家眼中的瓷器。对18世纪法国人的口味影响很大的商人通常负责调试镀金青铜底座，这些底座必须与花瓶的形状紧密配合。在这对花瓶的情况下，底座的设计包括洛可可和新古典主义图案，表明制造日期在1760年至1770年之间，这是两种风格之间的过渡时期。这些装裱包括推杆、花饰、贝壳和滚动的植被，所有这些都与花瓶的造型设计在风格上无关，与中国古代青铜器的装饰相呼应。典型的是，他们崇敬中国瓷器，同时大幅改变其外观，创造出一种完全法国味道的奢侈品。这对花瓶很可能曾经是英国著名收藏家威廉·贝克福德（William Beckford，1760–1844）所拥有，他可能因为与18世纪法国贵族品味的强烈联系而获得了这对花瓶 [Jeffrey H.Munger，2010年]
介绍（英）	Chinese porcelain vases decorated with a celadon glaze enjoyed great popularity among French art collectors of the eighteenth century. Frequently they were fitted in France with gilt-bronze mounts that served to enhance the porcelain in the eyes of the potential buyer. The marchandsmerciers, who did so much to influence eighteenth-century French taste, were usually responsible for commissioning the gilt-bronze mounts, which were required to closely fit the shape of the vase. In the case of this pair of vases, the design of the mounts includes both Rococo and Neoclassical motifs, suggesting a date of manufacture between 1760 and 1770, a period of transition between the two styles. The mounts incorporate putti, floral swags, shells, and scrolling vegetation, all unrelated stylistically to the vase’s molded designs, which echo the decoration of archaic Chinese bronzes. Typically they venerate the Chinese porcelains while substantially transforming their appearance, creating a luxury object that is entirely French in taste. It is likely that this pair of vases was once owned by the great English collector William Beckford (1760–1844), who may have acquired them because of their strong association with eighteenth-century French aristocratic taste. [Jeffrey H. Munger, 2010]