Art Institute of Chicago

Vase and Cover (one of a pair)

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (1710–present)

Date

c. 1720–25

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain, black enamel (schwarzlot), gilding

Culture

Meissen

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

These rare vases represent two significant contributions to the history of European ceramics: the earliest form of European hard-paste porcelain, developed at the Meissen Manufactory by Johann Friedrich Böttger (German, 1682–1719); and the virtuoso Schwartzlot (black enamel) decoration and gilding of Ignaz Preissler (German, 1676–1741), who came from a distinguished family of glass and ceramic decorators.

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