Collection Online as of March 30, 2023
c. 1745–1750
Tin-glazed soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration; gilded metal
Overall: 6.2 x 8.6 x 8.2 cm (2 7/16 x 3 3/8 x 3 1/4 in.)
The Norweb Collection 1983.59
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.
Citations
"Year in Review." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 71 (February 1984). p. 70, no. 54, ill. p. 60
Exhibition history
CMA, 8 November 1983 - 3 June 1984: "Highlights of the Rococo: Norweb Ceramics and Related Arts," no catalog.
Highlights of the Rococo: Norweb Ceramics and Related Arts . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 8, 1983-June 3, 1984).
The Year in Review for 1983 . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984).
