大象头花瓶（Elephant Head Vase） - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	大象头花瓶（Elephant Head Vase）
品名（英）	Elephant-head vase (vase à tête d'éléphant)
入馆年号	1976年，1976.155.61
策展部门	欧洲雕塑和装饰艺术（European Sculpture and Decorative Arts）
创作者	Sèvres Manufactory【1740 至现在】【法国人】
创作年份	公元 1758 - 公元 1762
创作地区
分类	陶瓷-瓷器（Ceramics-Porcelain）
尺寸	13 5/8 x 9 1/2 英寸 (34.6 x 24.1厘米)
介绍（中）	这个非凡的塞夫尔瓷象头花瓶是大都会艺术博物馆的六个花瓶之一，其中四个由查尔斯和杰恩赖特斯曼赠送（见1983.185.9和1983.185.10，.11）。据推测，由于制造这些花瓶的技术挑战和成本，塞夫尔生产的花瓶相对较少，所有这些都可以追溯到 1760 年左右;今天在公共收藏中已知有十九个例子。这个花瓶是为数不多的用作烛台的模型之一，其设计归功于塞夫尔雕塑工作室的负责人让-克劳德·杜普莱西斯。大象头花瓶有两种略有不同的版本。根据萨维尔（第154页）的说法，一个版本（形状A）没有大象鼻子下面的小手柄，而形状B包括手柄和大象头上的珠子，这些珠子穿过手柄（如1976.155.61）。形状B比A更常见.两种设计的象头花瓶都有三种尺寸，其中这是第二种或中等尺寸。众所周知，象头花瓶已作为装饰品或花瓶套装的一部分出售（见58.75.89-.91），并与其他各种花瓶模型相结合。该模型受到法国宫廷的青睐，因为路易十五、孔代王子和蓬巴杜夫人购买了象头花瓶。
介绍（英）	This remarkable Sèvres porcelain elephant-head vase is one of six in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, four of which were given by Charles and Jayne Wrightsman (see 1983.185.9 and 1983.185.10, .11). Presumably due to the technical challenges and cost of making these vases, relatively few were produced at Sèvres, all of which date to the years around 1760; nineteen examples are known in public collections today. The design of this vase, one of the few models intended to also serve as a candle holder, is attributed to Jean-Claude Duplessis, the head of the sculpture workshop at Sèvres. Elephant-head vases were produced in two slightly different versions. According to Savill (p. 154), one version (shape A) was made without the small handles under the elephant’s trunks, while shape B includes handles and beading on the elephant heads that loops through the handles (as on 1976.155.61). Shape B is more common than A. Elephant-head vases of both designs were made in three sizes, of which this is the second or middle size. Elephant-head vases are known to have been sold as parts of garnitures or sets of vases (see 58.75.89–.91), combined with a variety of other vase models. The model found favor with the French court, as elephant-head vases were purchased by Louis XV, the prince de Condé, and Madame de Pompadour.