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Basket (panier, deuxième grandeur)

Date

1757

Medium

Soft paste porcelain with lead glaze, enamel and gilding

Culture

French

Department

Decorative Arts

Institution

Getty Museum

This green basket has pierced sides molded in imitation of canework. The arched handle simulates bound cane that has been wrapped with a gilt-edged ribbon. The records of the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory show that in December 1757 the painter François Boucher was given a small green *panier* (basket), probably this very piece. Boucher, who produced many designs for the factory, was frequently rewarded with porcelain gifts.

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