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Sugar Bowl and Stand

A work made of soft-paste porcelain, underglaze blue ground, and gilding.
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  • A work made of soft-paste porcelain, underglaze blue ground, and gilding.

Date:

c. 1753

Artist:

Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory
French, founded 1740 (known as Sèvres from 1756)

About this artwork

Bleu lapis was one of the ground colors most often found on Vincennes and Sèvres porcelains. The simple contrast of this dark color and the brilliant white of the porcelain body, accented by gilded ornaments, created a rich and sophisticated decoration.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Artist

Manufacture de porcelaine de Vincennes (Manufacturer)

Title

Sugar Bowl and Stand

Place

Vincennes (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1748–1758

Medium

Soft-paste porcelain, underglaze blue ground, and gilding

Dimensions

Sugar Bowl: 12.7 × 15.9 × 12.3 cm (5 × 6 1/4 × 4 13/16 in.); Stand: 4 × 26.1 × 20.7 cm (1 9/16 × 10 1/4 × 8 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Joseph Maier and Arthur Lewis Liebman Memorial: Gift of Kenneth J. Maier, M.D.

Reference Number

1986.3450a-c

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