This covered bowl is one of the earliest surviving examples of Vincennes porcelain. Its decorations, particularly the lacy borders, show the influence of Meissen porcelain, but an individual note is struck in the extreme delicacy and colorful restraint of the painting of the landscape scenes.
Credit: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
1745-48
Soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration
15.3cm
1944.225.b
Image and text courtesy of The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2022
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Permanent collection