Vase (Cuvette Mahon) (Front)
Jacques-Philippe Le Bas
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
The name of this vase, cuvette Mahon, refers to the British-occupied port of Mahón on the island of Minorca, which was captured by the French in 1756 at the beginning of the Seven Years' War. In addition to the cuvette Mahon, this French victory spawned other objects named after the town, including a sauce à la Mahonnaise, now known as mayonnaise.
The blue and gold decoration in three different patterns--trellis, pointillé, and vermiculé--over a pink ground is an unusual combination, very rarely seen on Sèvres porcelain. Jean-Louis Morin, who painted the farmyard scene, copied it from an engraving after a painting by the Flemish artist David Teniers the Younger.
- Title: Vase (Cuvette Mahon) (Front)
- Creator: Jean-Louis Morin, Jacques-Philippe Le Bas, David Teniers the Younger, Sèvres Manufactory
- Date Created: 1761
- Location Created: Sèvres, France
- Physical Dimensions: 14.9 × 23 × 11.9 cm (5 7/8 × 9 1/16 × 4 11/16 in.)
- Type: Vase
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Soft paste porcelain, pink ground color overlaid with blue enamelled, polychrome enamelled decoration and gilding
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 72.DE.65
- Culture: French
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Painted decoration by Jean-Louis Morin (French, 1732 - 1787) After an engraving by Jacques-Philippe Le Bas (French, 1707 - 1783) of a painting by David Teniers the Younger (Flemish, 1610 - 1690) Sèvres Manufactory (French, founded 1756)
- Classification: Decorative Art (Art Genre)
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