Bowl
Dateca. 1728
Label TextOne can imagine that the asymmetrical designs framing scenes of stags, hunting dogs, and fierce falcon heads on this bowl would have found favor during the emergence of rococo. There are, however, only about ten or so recorded Meissen works in this style. Adapted from engravings of about 100 years earlier by Johann Schmischeck (1585-1650), they may have seemed too eccentric during this early period of transition from late baroque to rococo in Germany.
Object number69.213
ProvenanceCollection of Mr and Mrs Henry and Martha Isaacson, unknown purchase date until December 1969; gift from Mr and Mrs Henry and Martha Isaacson to Seattle Art Museum, Washington, 1969
Photo CreditPhoto: Susan Dirk
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe", February 17, 2000-May 7, 2000 (2/17/2000 - 5/7/2000)Published ReferencesEmerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe", Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 223Credit LineGift of Martha and Henry Isaacson
Dimensions3 1/4 in. (8.26 cm), height
7 in. (17.9 cm), diameter
MediumHard paste porcelain
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