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Such glazes were called ‘flambé’ (or sometimes ‘flammé’) in Europe, where they were greatly admired during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This admiration led one French diplomat to collect raw materials and recipes from Jingdezhen in 1882 and to have them examined at Sèvres, the porcelain factory where this vase was made. The first successful firing of a flambé glaze at Sèvres was achieved the following year by the factory’s principal chemist, Georges Vogt. Similar glaze effects inspired by Chinese examples were soon realized by other potters, including Ernest Chaplet and Auguste Delaherche in France and subsequently by Bernard Moore in England. Vogt’s experiments had been preceded by a few years by Hermann Seger at the Berlin Royal Porcelain Factory, which exhibited wares with the ‘red and flamed cuprous oxide glaze’ in 1880. The vase shape pre-dates the glaze and was originally intended as one of a series of simple vase forms that could be decorated with painting. The factory name was ‘Vase de Mycène’ (‘Mycenaean vase’), indicating that it was inspired by the pottery of the Mycenaean culture of Bronze Age Greece. Its designer, the sculptor A.E. Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887), had trained as a metalworker and was artistic director at Sévres from 1876. ","physicalDescription":"Vase de Mycène form with Renaissance style embellishments. 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This form, known as a <i>Vase de Mycène</i>, was designed in 1880. The combination of classical shape and Chinese-inspired <i>flambé</i> glaze is not unusual for Sèvres at this period. The new hard-paste porcelain developed by the chemists, Charles Lauth and Charles Vogt, withstood much higher temperatures. The first successful firings with iron-base <i>flambé</i> glazes were announced in 1883.","briefDescription":"Porcelain vase with flambé glaze and ormolu mounts, made at the Sèvres Porcelain Factory, Paris, in 1884, designed by A.E. 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