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Ewer and Basin (Pot a l'Eau et jatte Feuille d'Eau)

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (French, founded 1740)LinkedCulture matchlcp-ee31089ce69a

Date: c. 1756–1760
Medium: Enameled and gilded soft-paste porcelain
Culture: Sèvres
Department: Applied Arts of Europe
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID: 102982

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.

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Credit line: The Harry and Maribel G. Blum, Annette M. Chapin, and Richard T. Crane Jr. Memorial endowment funds
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.

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Object type: AAT300386308

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