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.

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.