Curator Jeff Munger on a broth bowl produced by the Vincennes factory in France.
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Throughout 2013, The Met invited curators from across the Museum to each talk about one artwork that changed the way they see the world.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade No. 13 for strings in G Major), K. 525, III. Minuetto: Allegretto
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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Photography by Paul Lachenauer
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Manufactory Vincennes Manufactory
ca. 1752–53