Vase and Cover (one of a pair)
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
1715–1730
- Medium
- Hard-paste porcelain, black enamel (schwarzlot), gilding
- Dimensions
- 21.2 × 7.8 × 8.8 cm (8 5/16 × 3 1/16 × 3 7/16 in.)
- Genre
- vase
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
porcelaineuropean decorative artshard-paste porcelainvasevesselceramicsinorganic materialceramic
About
These rare vases represent two significant contributions to the history of European ceramics: the earliest form of European hard-paste porcelain, developed at the Meissen Manufactory by Johann Friedrich Böttger (German, 1682–1719); and the virtuoso Schwartzlot (black enamel) decoration and gilding of Ignaz Preissler (German, 1676–1741), who came from a distinguished family of glass and ceramic decorators.
