Bottle with arabesque designs (one of a pair)

ca. 1695–1700

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The porcelain factory established in Saint-Cloud, a town outside of Paris, in the late seventeenth century was the first to produce soft-paste porcelain on a commercial scale in Europe. The blue and white decoration of the objects manufactured there during the early years of the factory was a deliberate reference to the imported Chinese porcelains so popular in Europe at this time.

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Title: Bottle with arabesque designs (one of a pair)
Factory: Saint-Cloud factory (French, mid-1690s–1766)
Date: ca. 1695–1700
Culture: French, Saint-Cloud
Medium: Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions: Height: 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.190.1914
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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