Wall Charger Depicting Two Birds
Edouard Lievre
1879
- Medium
- cloisonné and painted enamel mounted in gilt metal frame
- Dimensions
- Framed: 50.7 x 50.7 cm (19 15/16 x 19 15/16 in.); Diameter: 28.9 cm (11 3/8 in.)
- Genre
- Enamels
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
France, 19th century
About
After Japan was opened to the West in the 1860s, Western craftsmen exposed to these new artistic sensibilities popularized the delicate natural and floral motifs that were characteristic of Japanese design.