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Vase with flowers and birds (one of a pair)

Manufactory Meissen Manufactory German
1733
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 201
The form of this vase is Chinese in origin, but the decoration freely combines Chinese and Japanese motifs. The vases can be dated to 1733, the only year in which the mark on the base was in use.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Vase with flowers and birds (one of a pair)
  • Manufactory: Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present)
  • Date: 1733
  • Culture: German, Meissen
  • Medium: Hard-paste porcelain painted with colored enamels under transparent glaze
  • Dimensions: Height: 9 9/16 in. (24.3 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
  • Object Number: 1974.356.504
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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