"It's so exaggerated by current standards of taste that I think it's very hard for us to appreciate today for what it is..."
Curator Jeff Munger on a broth bowl produced by the Vincennes factory in France.
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Why this porcelain broth bowl stops a Met curator in his tracks
"It’s so exaggerated by current standards of taste that I think it’s very hard for us to appreciate it today."
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Vincennes Manufactory
ca. 1752–53