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Archaistic vessel with celestial roosters

France

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 216

Along its foot is the mark of the French manufacturer Christofle & Co., demonstrating Qianlong bronzes’ great appeal to European designers and consumers after Henri Cernuschi brought these objects to Paris in the late nineteenth century

Archaistic vessel with celestial roosters, Copper alloy, parcel gilding, France

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