Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory

Two porcelain footed vases decorated with blue and gold featuring putti eating grapes
Vincennes and Sèvres Porcelain
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The Frick Collection presented an exhibition devoted to Vincennes and Sévres porcelain of the second half of the eighteenth century. Focused on the small but rich group of French porcelains in The Frick Collection, which had never before been shown in its entirety, the exhibition included comparable examples from American and European public and private collections, original design drawings, a plaster model for a vase, prints used as subjects by porcelain painters, and four pieces of furniture mounted with Sévres plaques.

Two Sèvres porcelain vases
From Sèvres to Fifth Avenue: French Porcelain at The Frick Collection
video still of Xavier Salomon and porcelain vase
Cocktails with a Curator: 'Vase Japon'

In this week’s episode of “Cocktails with a Curator,” examine one of the Frick’s recent acquisitions, the Sèvres “Vase Japon,” with Deputy Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator Xavier F. Salomon. A unique interpretation of a Chinese (not Japanese) bronze vase from the Han Dynasty, the object represents the 18th-century influence of China on European porcelain design. This week’s program is paired with a Long Island Iced Tea.