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Potpourri Vase
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A vase like this was created to contain potpourri, a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices emitting ambient fragrance. This specific function offered a particularly fertile ground for the development of French porcelain, as manufactories experimented with forms, surface ornamentations, and placement of perforations.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePotpourri Vase, mid 1700s. Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory (French). Soft-paste porcelain; overall: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1962.360.2.a
