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Vase with cover by Meissen Manufactory

Vase with cover

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Artist
Meissen Manufactory
Date
ca. 1725
Medium
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
confirmed: 16 15/16 × 5 3/4 × 5 3/4 in. (43 × 14.6 × 14.6 cm)
Culture
German, Meissen
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Gallery
533
Location
533
Credit
Bequest of Henry H. Arnhold, 2018

Description

Overview Vase with cover Manufactory Meissen Manufactory German ca. 1725 On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 533 The Meissen factory was the first in Europe to master the technology to produce porcelain similar to that made in China. The factory’s interest in Chinese porcelain extended to the palette of blue and white, which was inextricably linked in the minds of Europeans to porcelains imported from Asia. The fascination with the Far East encompassed subject matter as well, and the scenes of Chinese figures in exotic landscapes on this vase are typical of the taste for chinoiserie in the early eighteenth century.