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Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory

Neptune as River Deity
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Description

Maker

Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory (French, Active ca. 1740-1756)

Title

Neptune as River Deity

Year

ca. 1745-1750

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

29.8 x 27 x 24 cm (11 3/4 x 10 5/8 x 9 7/16 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift and Bequest from the Collection of David and Peggy Rockefeller

Object Number

2017.74.31.1

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

European Galleries
Sep 02, 2017

Label copy

These very rare and sizable porcelain figures are among the limited number produced at the Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory, which just a few years later became sponsored by the French government and was renamed Sèvres. Drawing from Greek mythology, the gods Neptune and Amphitrite are accompanied by aquatic creatures and ride cresting waves that form the bases of the sculptures. The pair was originally owned by David Rockefeller’s aunt, Lucy Truman Aldrich, a Providence native who gifted nearly 200 mostly European porcelain ceramics to the RISD Museum.

–Elizabeth A. Williams, David and Peggy Rockefeller Curator of Decorative Arts and Design

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Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory (French, Active ca. 1740-1756)
Neptune as River Deity, ca. 1745-1750
Soft-paste porcelain with glaze
29.8 x 27 x 24 cm (11 3/4 x 10 5/8 x 9 7/16 inches)
Gift and Bequest from the Collection of David and Peggy Rockefeller 2017.74.31.1

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