Cleveland Museum of Art

Covered Vase (2 of 2)

Meissen Porcelain Factory

Date

mid-1700s

Medium

porcelain mounted in gilt bronze

Culture

Germany, Meissen, 18th century

Department

Decorative Art and Design

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

One of these vases is dated 1749. They were perhaps part of a set of four covered vases that we know from documents were acquired by Mme. de Pompadour, mistress of Louis XV in 1752.

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