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Wine cooler

Wine cooler
 1753

Medium
porcelain (soft-paste)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1976
Gallery location
17th & 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
 

About this work

By the 1730s the Rococo style was reaching its height in France and a highly fanciful, imaginary interpretation of imagery from Asia had emerged, with François Boucher one of the leading exponents. The decoration on this wine cooler derives from a chalk drawing by Boucher and Gabriel Huquier, with Boucher likely undertaking the main decorative elements. It was then engraved, in reverse, by Pierre Aveline, and then employed by the Vincennes manufactory as decoration for the wine cooler.

Artwork Details

Medium
porcelain (soft-paste)
Measurements
19.3 × 25.9 × 20.2 cm
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
painted (vertically) in blue on base c.: A · (above) · (below) (within interlaced Ls)
Accession Number
D5-1976
Department
International Decorative Arts
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1976
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Gallery location
17th & 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Physical description
Straight sided, on foot, handles form three scrolling leaves, white ground painted 'en camieau' in puce.

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