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During his first residency at Sèvres, Ettore Sottsass created fourteen vases bearing the names of famous historical or literary women.
The name Diane selected for this vase refers to Diane de Poitiers (1499–1566), prominent courtier and mistress of Henry II of France (r. 1547–1559). The vase is made of four stacked elements, each of them individually turned and decorated with either purple glaze, a grand feu color obtained after a high-temperature fire, or red glaze, a petit feu color obtained after a low-temperature fire. The inside of the red cup is decorated with gold. It was applied with a brush and polished with a semiprecious stone, either agate or hematite, to reveal its full brilliance.
During his first residency at Sèvres, Ettore Sottsass created fourteen vases bearing the names of famous historical or literary women.
The name Diane selected for this vase refers to Diane de Poitiers (1499–1566), prominent courtier and mistress of Henry II of France (r. 1547–1559). The vase is made of four stacked elements, each of them individually turned and decorated with either purple glaze, a grand feu color obtained after a high-temperature fire, or red glaze, a petit feu color obtained after a low-temperature fire. The inside of the red cup is decorated with gold. It was applied with a brush and polished with a semiprecious stone, either agate or hematite, to reveal its full brilliance.
This photochrome print of the breast bowl was produced by Leon Vidal in 1877 and included as a color plate in the 1878 illustrated edition of Histoire de Marie-Antoinette by Edmond et Jules de Goncourt.
