MAKE A MEME View Large Image Porcelain Manufactory - Teapot - Walters 48718.jpg Although elsewhere in Europe chinoiseries are usually associated with the earlier 18th-century rococo style at Sèvres they are found on neoclassical pieces In this instance a pseudo-Chinese ...
View Original:Sèvres_Porcelain_Manufactory_-_Teapot_-_Walters_48718.jpg (1800x1487)
Download: Original    Medium    Small Thumb
Courtesy of:commons.wikimedia.org More Like This
Keywords: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory - Teapot - Walters 48718.jpg Although elsewhere in Europe chinoiseries are usually associated with the earlier 18th-century rococo style at Sèvres they are found on neoclassical pieces In this instance a pseudo-Chinese scene of a man being served tea is rendered in gilding against a deep blue ground suggesting the appearance of lacquer between 1775 1779 gilt on soft-paste porcelain cm 12 1 accession number 48 718 12161 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Double L's and B probably for Barre act 1773-4 and 1776-8 place of origin Sèvres France Walters Art Museum license Sèvres porcelain in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
Terms of Use   Search of the Day