Detail of a Wedgwood Copy of the Portland Vase in…
Seated God Relief in the Metropolitan Museum of Ar…
Face from a Composite Statue of a Pharaoh in the M…
Procession of Deities Relief in the Metropolitan M…
Detail of the Procession of Deities Relief in the…
Double Ointment Vase with 2 Monkeys and a Lid in t…
Sphinx of Amenhotep III in the Metropolitan Museum…
Sphinx of Amenhotep III in the Metropolitan Museum…
Egyptian Diadem with Attached Rams' Heads in the M…
Detail of an Egyptian Diadem with Attached Rams' H…
Seal of King Philip of Spain in the Metropolitan M…
Panel with Scenes from the Story of Samuel in the…
Detail of a Panel with Scenes from the Story of Sa…
Sea Monster by Severo in the Metropolitan Museum o…
La Capresse des Colonies by Cordier in the Metropo…
La Capresse des Colonies by Cordier in the Metropo…
La Capresse des Colonies by Cordier in the Metropo…
Detail of La Capresse des Colonies by Cordier in t…
Detail of La Capresse des Colonies by Cordier in t…
Winged Child Fountain Figure Close to Donatello in…
Chain with a Pendant Bearing the Emperor's Profile…
Detail of a Chain with a Pendant Bearing the Emper…
Hercules Shooting at the Stymphalian Birds by Vitt…
Detail of The Dormition of the Virgin by Jacques I…
Detail of The Dormition of the Virgin by Jacques I…
The Dormition of the Virgin by Jacques I Juliot in…
Broad Collar Strung from Elements of Two Collars i…
Wedgwood Jug in the Form of a Man's Head in the Me…
Detail of Louise Colet by Pradier in the Metropoli…
Louise Colet by Pradier in the Metropolitan Museum…
Bust of a Woman in a Bonnet by Bonnifey in the Met…
Detail of an English Punch Pot in the Metropolitan…
English Punch Pot in the Metropolitan Museum of Ar…
Detail of Leda and the Swan by Carrier-Belleuse in…
Leda and the Swan by Carrier-Belleuse in the Metro…
Wedgewood Circular Plaque with the Rape of Helen i…
Part of a Handle in the Metropolitan Museum of Art…
Renaissance Copy of the Spinario by Antico in the…
Renaissance Copy of the Spinario by Antico in the…
Bacchus, Nymph, and Child with Grapes by Clodion i…
The Holy Family with Saints Anne and Joachim by Di…
Panel of Blackwork in the Metropolitan Museum of A…
Two Princesses Relief in the Metropolitan Museum o…
Faun Teased by Children by Pietro and Gian Lorenzo…
Faun Teased by Children by Pietro and Gian Lorenzo…
See also...
Keywords
Authorizations, license
-
Visible by: Everyone -
All rights reserved
-
343 visits
Wedgwood Copy of the Portland Vase in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2012
Portland vase
Factory: Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (1759–present)
Date: ca. 1840–60
Culture: British, Staffordshire
Medium: Black basalt ware with white relief decoration
Dimensions: H. 10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1894
Accession Number: 94.4.172
Description:
Josiah Wedgwood, whose ceramic creations evoked the styles and themes of antiquity so popular in the late eighteenth century, produced a copy of the celebrated Portland Vase in black-and-white jasper-ware. The original, attributed to the Roman gem-cutter Dioskourides, is in the style of works made between 30 and 20 B.C. After its discovery in the late sixteenth century in the tomb of the Emperor Septimius Severus, it became one of the most admired works of antiquity and passed through an illustrious series of collections, among them those of Cardinal Barberini, Sir William Hamilton, and finally, the duchess of Portland, who donated it to the British Museum.
The iconography of the original black-and-white cameo-cut glass vessel remains a mystery, though many interpretations have been offered. A recent theory is that the frieze depicts (as the vessel is turned) Peleus entering to meet Thetis in the presence of her parents and Aphrodite and that the vase was made as a wedding present for the Emperor Augustus's daugher Julia on her marriage to Marcus Claudius Marcellus, her cousin, in 25 B.C.
Wedgwood continued to issue editions of the vase throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/187784
Factory: Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (1759–present)
Date: ca. 1840–60
Culture: British, Staffordshire
Medium: Black basalt ware with white relief decoration
Dimensions: H. 10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1894
Accession Number: 94.4.172
Description:
Josiah Wedgwood, whose ceramic creations evoked the styles and themes of antiquity so popular in the late eighteenth century, produced a copy of the celebrated Portland Vase in black-and-white jasper-ware. The original, attributed to the Roman gem-cutter Dioskourides, is in the style of works made between 30 and 20 B.C. After its discovery in the late sixteenth century in the tomb of the Emperor Septimius Severus, it became one of the most admired works of antiquity and passed through an illustrious series of collections, among them those of Cardinal Barberini, Sir William Hamilton, and finally, the duchess of Portland, who donated it to the British Museum.
The iconography of the original black-and-white cameo-cut glass vessel remains a mystery, though many interpretations have been offered. A recent theory is that the frieze depicts (as the vessel is turned) Peleus entering to meet Thetis in the presence of her parents and Aphrodite and that the vase was made as a wedding present for the Emperor Augustus's daugher Julia on her marriage to Marcus Claudius Marcellus, her cousin, in 25 B.C.
Wedgwood continued to issue editions of the vase throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/187784
- Keyboard shortcuts:
Jump to top
RSS feed- Latest comments - Subscribe to the comment feeds of this photo
- ipernity © 2007-2024
- Help & Contact
|
Club news
|
About ipernity
|
History |
ipernity Club & Prices |
Guide of good conduct
Donate | Group guidelines | Privacy policy | Terms of use | Statutes | In memoria -
Facebook
Twitter
Sign-in to write a comment.