Bowl with two panthers

1894–95
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 556
This bowl reveals two key traits of Dalpayrat's work: sculptural vigor and experimental glazes. The panthers appear to climb around the bowl, poised and ready to pounce, and the glaze is an example of the famous "Dalpayrat red," a distinctive copper-red glaze mottled with streaks of blue, green, and yellow.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bowl with two panthers
  • Maker: Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat (French, Limoges 1844–1910 Limoges)
  • Date: 1894–95
  • Culture: French, Bourg-la-Reine
  • Medium: Stoneware
  • Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 9 9/16 × 14 1/8 × 11 5/8 in., 12.2 lb. (24.3 × 35.9 × 29.5 cm, 5.5 kg)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
  • Credit Line: Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection, Purchase, Acquisitions Fund; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; and 2011 Benefit Fund, 2013
  • Object Number: 2013.482
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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