一对带盖的urns - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	一对带盖的urns
品名（英）	Pair of urns with covers
入馆年号	1983年，1983.92.1a, b, .2a, b
策展部门	欧洲雕塑和装饰艺术（European Sculpture and Decorative Arts）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1770 - 公元 1780
创作地区
分类	金属制品镀金青铜（Metalwork-Gilt Bronze）
尺寸	高 17 3/4 x 宽 18 x 深 10 3/4 英寸 (45.1 x 45.7 x 27.3 厘米)
介绍（中）	尽管人们对它们的出处知之甚少，但这些布雷切紫罗兰urns反映了18世纪最后几十年法国急切收藏的镀金青铜硬石器物的流行趋势。最著名的收藏家之一是奥蒙特公爵路易·玛丽·奥古斯丁（Louis Marie Augustin，1709-82），他执导了国王家族的一个行政机构，管理国王的个人物品并组织他的娱乐活动，为戏剧制作和重要场合（如结婚和葬礼）制作布景。在Menus Plaisirs，大理石、花岗岩和斑岩、碧玉和玛瑙（如果可能的话，在意大利获得）经常被锻造成华丽的装饰物，由Pierre Gouthière（1732-1813/14）用镀金青铜镶嵌。奥蒙特公爵（Duke d’Aumont）收藏的urns形状相似，在他去世后被廉价出售。镀金的青铜饰边、饰有扭索图案和玫瑰花结的衣领、面具形把手和柱基，使从深紫色到米白色的彩色大理石更加美丽。
介绍（英）	Although little is known of their provenance, these breche violette urns reflect the fashion for hardstone objects mounted in gilt bronze which were eagerly collected in France during the last decades of the eighteenth century. One of the best known collectors was Louis-Marie-Augustin, Duke d’Aumont (1709-82), who directed the Menus-Plaisirs et Affaires de la Chambre du Roi, an administrative body of the king’s household that managed the monarch’s personal effects and organized his entertainment, creating sets for theatrical productions and significant occasions such as marriages and funerals. At the Menus-Plaisirs, marble, granite and porphyry, jasper and agate, when possible acquired in Italy, were wrought into magnificent decorative objects frequently, mounted in gilt bronze by Pierre Gouthière (1732-1813/14). The Duke d’Aumont had urns of a similar shape in his collection that were sold off following his death. The gilt-bronze finials, collar decorated with guilloche motifs and rosettes, mask-shaped handles, and plinth beautifully enhance the colorful marble that ranges from deep purple to off white.