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Dec 14, 2006

Vase

c. 1695–1700

attributed to Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory

(French)

France, St. Cloud, late 17th-early 18th Century

Molded soft-paste porcelain with blue underglaze

Overall: 20.7 cm (8 1/8 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1947.63

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Description

The blue ornamentation on this French-made vase is an example of chinoiserie, a European designer’s fanciful interpretation of Chinese decorative styles.

Artist biography

Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory

Established c. 1690s

Inscriptions

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"55"

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"KR paiz"

Citations

Foote, Helen S. "French Soft-Paste Porcelain." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 34 (December 1947). p. 249

Foote, Helen S. "Soft-Paste Porcelain of France." The Art Quarterly XI (Autumn 1948). p. 338, 341; fig. 3

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 119 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 119 archive.org

Jedding, Hermann. Europäisches Porzellan, vol. 1. München: Keysersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1971. p. 264; no. 818

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 175 archive.org

Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 58, fig. 60

Meister, Peter Wilhelm, and Horst Reber. European Porcelain of the 18th Century. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1983. p. 88; pl. 105

Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum, 1991. p. 100

Le Corbeiller, Clare. "Reflections of Court Taste in Early Saint-Cloud Porcelain." Versailles: French Court Style and Its Influence, edited by Howard Collinson. Toronto: University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, 1992. p. 107; fig. 24, 25

Rondot, Bertrand. Discovering the Secrets of Soft-Paste Porcelain at the Saint-Cloud Manufactory, Ca. 1690-1766. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1999. p. 128 (repr.) - 129, no. 19

Exhibition history

The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-August 22, 1982).

Discovering the Secrets of Soft-Paste Porcelain at the Saint-Cloud Manufactory, 1690-1766. Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, New York, NY (organizer) (July 14-October 24, 1999).

Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).

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