The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 19, 2025
Vase
c. 1800
attributed to Pierre Philippe Thomire
Diameter: 34 cm (13 3/8 in.); Overall: 66.9 cm (26 5/16 in.)
Location: Not on view
Description
In 1798, a large quantity of French furnishings was acquired for the Michael Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia. Some of these pieces survive in museums like the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. This institution recently staged an exhibition of such French pieces by and attributed to Thomire. Among the objects shown was a bronze vase virtually identical in design to this piece. The body of this vase is decorated with two small reliefs showing male and female centaurs with putti riding on their backs. These reliefs also occur on silver wine coolers produced by the Odiot firm, a major Parisian silversmith under Napoleon's empire. The Odiot firm still owns models of these reliefs that, according to tradition, had been given to Jean-Baptiste Claude Odiot by Thomire.- “1993 Annual Report.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 81, no. 6 (July 1994): 143–218. Mentioned: p. 160 www.jstor.org
- Object in Focus: Pierre Philippe Thomire, Vase. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 14-July 14, 2002).Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; May 14- July 14, 2002. "Object in Focus: Vase/ Pierre Philippe Thomire."
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1993.175