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Vase

Manufactory Meissen Manufactory German
ca. 1735
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 533
This bottle-shaped vase is unusual for its size, and the technical difficulties that it presented are evident in the slight listing of the vase's tall neck. The detailed and beautifully-painted chinoiserie scenes can be attributed to Adam Friedrich von Löwenfinck, an especially skilled painter who left Meissen not long after he decorated this vase.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Vase
  • Manufactory: Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present)
  • Decorator: Adam Friedrich von Löwenfinck (German, 1714–1754)
  • Date: ca. 1735
  • Culture: German, Meissen
  • Medium: Hard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold
  • Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 15 7/8 x 10 x 10 in. (40.3 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
  • Object Number: 1974.356.363
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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