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Aiguière

Manufactory Medici Porcelain Manufactory Italian
ca. 1575–87
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 503
Les premières porcelaines véritablement européennes sont le fruit des tentatives faites dans les ateliers de la cour des Médicis, à Florence, à la fin du XVIe siècle. Grâce au mécénat de François Ier de Médicis, grand-duc de Toscane, des artisans commencèrent, vers 1574, par imiter les porcelaines « bleu et blanc » de Chine, très appréciées dans les cours d’Europe. Si la production chinoise et ottomane a influencé le décor de la porcelaine médicéenne, nombre des formes issues des ateliers ducaux sont empruntées aux objets de grès cérame et aux ouvrages d’orfèvrerie de l’époque, comme c’est le cas de cette aiguière. Seules soixante porcelaines Médicis, environ, sont connues à ce jour.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titre: Aiguière
  • Date: v. 1575–1587
  • Aire géographique: Italie, Florence
  • Technique: Porcelaine à pâte tendre
  • Dimensions: 20,3 x 10,8 x 12,4 cm
  • Crédits: Don de J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
  • Accession Number: 17.190.2045
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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