Description
Modeled with water lilies in relief, this rare ewer and basin set blends Rococo sensibility, with its emphasis on forms borrowed from nature, with the plastic potential of porcelain.
Provenance
Lord Hillingdon; sold, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, March 25, 1968, lot 67. Sold, Sotheby’s, London, June 12, 1984, lot 215. Armin B. Allen, Inc., New York; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1984.
Accession Number
102982
Medium
Enameled and gilded soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Ewer: 17.8 × 13.1 × 7.7 cm (7 × 5 1/8 × 3 in.); Basin: 5 × 30.2 × 23.2 cm (1 15/16 × 11 7/8 × 9 1/8 in.)
Classification
ewer (vessel)
Credit Line
The Harry and Maribel G. Blum, Annette M. Chapin, and Richard T. Crane Jr. Memorial endowment funds