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Covered Sugar Bowl (Pot à sucre)

1745–48
manufacturer
(French, 1740–1756)
Measurements
Part 1: 8.1 x 16.2 cm (3 3/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
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Three separate shades of purple, one of the most expensive colors to produce on porcelain during this time, are used extensively in this object’s paintings.

Description

This covered bowl, likely intended for sugar, is one of the earliest surviving examples of Vincennes porcelain, a reputed French factory moved to Sèvres in 1756. The continuous landscape is painted on this object en pointillé, a method by which a painter forms images with tiny dots. This style may have been influenced by their German competitors at the Meissen Porcelain Factory.
A round soft-paste porcelain bowl and domed lid feature enamel-painted landscapes. On the body, a man in a purple jacket leans toward a woman seated to our right. Purple bands border the edges, and at the top, a sculptural acorn with green and pink leaves crowns the lid. Pastoral scenes with green trees and purple mountains wrap around the vessel, which sits against a gray background, revealing small figures.

Covered Sugar Bowl (Pot à sucre)

1745–48

Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory

(French, 1740–1756)
France, Vincennes

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