Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (French, founded 1740)
Probably designed by Jean-Claude Duplessis (French, c. 1695–1774)
Ewer and Basin (Pot a l'Eau et jatte Feuille d'Eau)
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Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (French, founded 1740)
Probably designed by Jean-Claude Duplessis (French, c. 1695–1774)c. 1756–1760
Ewer and Basin (Pot a l'Eau et jatte Feuille d'Eau)
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (French, founded 1740) Probably designed by Jean-Claude Duplessis (French, c. 1695–1774) →Rococoewer (vessel)vessel
Date
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.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Harry and Maribel G. Blum, Annette M. Chapin, and Richard T. Crane Jr. Memorial endowment funds
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.
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