Sake bottle with prunus ground and figures
Manufacturer
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
(German, founded 1710)
CultureGerman
OriginMeissen, Dresden, Germany
Dateca.1720; later decorated in the Netherlands,
MediumBöttger porcelain, enamel, and gold.
DimensionsOverall: 19.5 x 8.5 x 8.6 cm (7 11/16 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
MarkingsNone
DescriptionA Böttger Dutch-decorated square pear-shaped sake-bottle reserved with shaped panels. It is painted with chinoiserie figures in landscapes, on a prunus-pattern ground in iron-red, and the short foot has a key-pattern.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.812
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
German Porcelain - HausmalereiStatus
Not on view
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1720; decorated in the Netherlands, ca.1740
Object number: G83.1.820.1-2
Artist / Maker: Johann Joachim Kretzchmar
ca.1714-1720, decoration possibly later
Object number: G83.1.581
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1710-1715; decoration possibly later
Object number: G83.1.574
ca.1700; decorated in Europe, ca.1730
Object number: G83.1.821.1-.2
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1725-30
Object number: G12.17.1a-b
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1725-30
Object number: G12.17.2a-b
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1725; decorated in the Netherlands
Object number: G83.1.816.1-4
