Figure Seated on a Lion

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Figure Seated on a Lion

Chantilly Porcelain FactoryLinkedCulture matchlcp-12da545d8d9b

Date
c.1740–45
Medium
Tin-glazed soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration
Culture
France, 18th century
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
151498

Exotic animals were highly coveted symbols of status and wealth. The practice of housing them in a centralized complex was popularized by French King Louis XIV’s menagerie at Versailles. This lion, along with other animal figurines produced at the factory, may have been modeled after living examples housed in the menagerie established by Louis Henri, duke of Bourbon, prince of Condé, and founder of the Chantilly porcelain factory. The duke of Bourbon’s menagerie was recorded in the dedication to Jean-Antoine Fraisse’s Livre de Desseins Chinois (Book of Chinese Drawings), a book that documented the decoration on the duke’s collection of Asian porcelain, lacquer, and textiles.

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The Norweb Collection
Provenance
R. Henry Norweb, Cleveland, Ohio.

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