Borghese vase

Flaxman, John (1755-1826)

De Vaere, Jean (1755-1830)

Wedgwood (English ceramics manufactory, 1759 to the present)

Item type:

decorative art

Date of creation:

ca. 1791

Height:

49.5 cm  (19 1/2 in.)

Width:

29.5 cm  (11 5/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

jasperware pottery

Description

Two women, playing a lyre and a tambourine. Portrays Bacchus, Poetry, Silenus, fauns and bacchantes. Musical depictions may also appear on the sides of the vase that were not examined.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lyre [3501]
Tambourine [2746]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Owens, Margareth Boyer. Art Institute of Chicago. RIdIM/RCMI inventory of music iconography, no. 2. Edited by Terence Ford (New York: Research Center for Musical Iconography, 1987) 6 (111da82). RILM 1988-275.

Notes

Owens attributes Flaxman as the modeler and De Vaere as the maker.

RIdIM record id

1993