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Bottle cooler (seau à demi-bouteille)

Object Description · Getty Museum

The cylindrical bottle cooler has straight sides tapered slightly inward, a subtly protruding foot ring, and a plain narrow molding at the top. Two dragon-shaped handles are directly under the lip and the outside is decorated sparingly with three groups – an Asian male figure standing on a square of blue tiles facing a shishi (mythical lion-like creature), a different man holding a lantern over a potted plant near an architectural motif representing a window, and a large branch of pomegranates – all rendered in blue, turquoise green, orangish red, yellow, and black enamel. The ornamentation is inspired by Japanese Kakiemon ware, a distinctive style of porcelain decoration characterized by sparse asymmetrical designs rendered with a limited palette on a white ground. Here the shishi and nearby figure were copied directly from motifs on known Japanese examples. Coolers of this type were made in different sizes at Chantilly, this one to hold small bottles of wine or liqueur in ice, for use during the dessert course.

Getty Museum’s catalogue record

produced_by.carried_out_by[0].id: https://data.getty.edu/museum/collection/group/45d2f3ef-74a3-414d-b847-94d26f9f6d6c
Artist/Maker: Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory
subject_of[Homepage].id: https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/109Q7X
Date: about 1730–1735
Medium: Soft-paste porcelain with glaze and enamel
Culture: French
Object Type: Wine cooler

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Object ID: 104d140b-d4fd-47ba-b6f8-2793b018d3d1
Object Type: Wine cooler
Getty Museum field “Object Type” · copied as is
Creator: Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory
Getty Museum field “Artist/Maker” · copied as is
Culture: French
Getty Museum field “Culture” · copied as is
Medium: Soft-paste porcelain with glaze and enamel
Getty Museum field “Medium” · copied as is
Department: Decorative Arts
Getty Museum field “Department” · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field · Getty's classification category is stored as department.
Credit Line: Gift of MaryLou Boone
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Date: about 1730–1735
Getty Museum field “Date” · copied as is
Begin Year: 1730
Getty Museum field “produced_by.timespan.begin_of_the_begin” · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field
End Year: 1735
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