Pair of Bottles after a Japanese Form
1730
25.0 x 9.0 cm
Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art
A pair of Meissen slightly lobed squat sake-bottles and stepped covers moulded with Frauenkopf masks. They were decorated at Augsburg in Schwarzlot. There is a pale Eisenrot that has Chinese men and women and a child with a lute. There is also a scroll painting and a bird lure seated beneath Silbermalerei pavilions with bird cornices. It is supported by symmetrical scrolling foliage and enclosing jesters
royal-polish and electoral-saxon porcelain manufactory (1710 –)
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Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art (Toronto, Canada)
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About this artwork
- Title: Pair of Bottles after a Japanese Form
- Artist: royal-polish and electoral-saxon porcelain manufactory
- Year: 1730
- Original dimensions: 25.0 x 9.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art
- Color palette: Neutrals
- Color hue: Ochre to Sepia