Bowl with cover
ca. 1734
Medium
Hard-paste porcelain, gold
Dimensions
4 × 8 3/8 in. (10.2 × 21.3 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain
Culture
German, Meissen with French, Paris mounts
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1968
Accession Number
68.141.285a, b
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About the Artist
Jean Écosse|Meissen Manufactory · 1641–1743
Jean Écosse (1641–1743) was a French artist active in Paris over a remarkably long career spanning more than a century, from the height of the Baroque era through the dawn of the Rococo. Born in 1641, likely in or near Paris given his association with the city, Écosse lived to the extraordinary age of 102, a testament to resilience in an era when average lifespans were far shorter. However, compre...