Ewer and Basin (Pot a l'Eau et jatte Feuille d'Eau)
Jean-Claude Duplessis
c. 1756–1760
Medium
Enameled and gilded soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Ewer: 17.8 × 13.1 × 7.7 cm (7 × 5 1/8 × 3 in.); Basin: 5 × 30.2 × 23.2 cm (1 15/16 × 11 7/8 × 9 1/8 in.)
Classification
ewer (vessel)
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
102982
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Modeled with water lilies in relief, this rare ewer and basin set blends Rococo sensibility, with its emphasis on forms borrowed from nature, with the plastic potential of porcelain.