The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of January 17, 2021

Figure Seated on a Lion

c.1740-45

manufacturer

Chantilly Porcelain Factory

(French)

France, 18th century

Tin-glazed soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration

Overall: 18.3 x 30.5 x 12.1 cm (7 3/16 x 12 x 4 3/4 in.)

The Norweb Collection 1983.60

Location

216A French and German

Chantilly Porcelain Factory

Founded in c. 1730 under the patronage of Louis-Henri de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, an impassioned collector of Japanese Arita porcelain, and managed by Ciquaire Cirou until his death in 1751. Only soft-paste porcelain was made.
Provenance
R. Henry Norweb, Cleveland, Ohio.
Exhibition history

Highlights of the Rococo: Norweb Ceramics and Related Arts. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 11, 1983-June 3, 1984).

The Year in Review for 1983. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984).

Source URL: https://cmaweb23-bbn-2.clevelandart.org/art/1983.60