Vase
Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory · c. 1695–1700 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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This vase’s decoration demonstrates the converging influence of Chinese and Italian art on French porcelain manufacture. Early production at the Saint-Cloud factory was inspired by blue and white Chinese porcelain. Books of grotesque designs popular during the Italian Renaissance and published by Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau provided models for this vase’s ornament including its interlacing garlands, swans, and snakes. This vase may have been part of a garniture, a decorative set of matching porcelain intended to be displayed together.
The museum’s own description, in English. Licence: CC0
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- Maker
- Attributed to Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory (French)
- Date
- c. 1695–1700
- Medium
- Molded soft-paste porcelain with blue underglaze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 20.7 cm (8 1/8 in.)
- Place of origin
- France
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
