Covered Bowl and Stand
c. 1750
Medium
Soft-paste porcelain and silver
Dimensions
Covered Bowl: 13.5 × 18.6 × 12.4 cm (5 5/16 × 7 5/16 × 4 7/8 in.); Stand: 4.2 × 20.5 cm (1 5/8 × 8 1/16 in.)
Classification
mennecy
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
251504
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This covered bowl and stand, with only applied decoration and a clear lead glaze, reflects the broad interest in white, undecorated Chinese and Japanese wares in Europe in the eighteenth century. Referred to generally as blanc de Chine, these objects relied entirely on form and the purity of the porcelain clay for their beauty and interest. Many European factories, including Mennecy, Chantilly, Sèvres, Du Paquier, and Meissen, produced objects in imitation of blanc de Chine wares, though in the ...