Vase (one of a pair)
The theme of hunters and the hunt was popular in German ceramics. This vase and its mate (64.101.143a, b) combine both two- and three-dimensional representation of the subject.
Artwork Details
- Title: Vase (one of a pair)
- Manufactory: Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present)
- Modeler: Johann Joachim Kändler (German, Fischbach 1706–1775 Meissen)
- Modeler: Johann Friedrich Eberlein (German, 1695–1749)
- Decorator: Decoration attributed to J.G. Heintze
- Date: ca. 1740
- Culture: German, Meissen
- Medium: Hard-paste porcelain; gilt-bronze mounts
- Dimensions: H. 19-3/4 in. (50.2 cm.)
- Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
- Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
- Object Number: 64.101.144a, b
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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Meissen Manufactory
Johann Joachim Kändler
ca. 1741
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1740
Meissen Manufactory
probably 19th century
Meissen Manufactory
ca. 1745
Meissen Manufactory
ca. 1740–50
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