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.)
- Genre
- sugar bowl
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
sugar bowlporcelaineuropean decorative artssoft-paste porcelainceramicsinorganic materialteawareceramic
About
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.
