# Pair of Potpourri Holders [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [DODIN, Charles-Nicolas]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Soft-paste porcelain, 23 x 15 x 9 cm ## Commentary These two small vessels with evident rocaille forms created by the bronze founder Jean-Jacques Duplessis, served as both potpourri containers and candlesticks. They are partly coated with a 'petit verd" \(green\) ground, created at Sèvres in 1760. Each one is adorned, on one side, with a large oval cartouche featuring a Chinese scene painted in the manner of Boucher and, on the other, with a bouquet of stylised oriental flowers. ## Related artworks - [Seven Plaques Mounted on a Pedestal Table]() - [Ship Potpourri with Pink Ground and Chinese Decor]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()