Sugar Bowl and Stand
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.)
Classification
sugar bowl
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
68730
Rights
Public Domain
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.