id: 123692 accession number: 1944.229 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.229 updated: 2024-03-26 01:57:58.368000 Pair of Covered Vases, 1749. Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710). Porcelain mounted in gilt bronze; overall: 37.4 x 32.7 x 21 cm (14 3/4 x 12 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.229 title: Pair of Covered Vases title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1749 creation date earliest: 1749 creation date latest: 1749 current location: 216B French and German creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Germany, 18th century technique: porcelain mounted in gilt bronze department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710) - manufacturer the first and for half a century the best in Europe. It set a high standard which was emulated everywhere, even in China. Founded in 1710 as the Royal Saxon Porcelain Manufacture by Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, at Meissen, near Dresden. --- measurements: Overall: 37.4 x 32.7 x 21 cm (14 3/4 x 12 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE formerly in the J. Pierpont Morgan collection; (Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 310 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n61 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 138 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n162 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 138 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n162 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 181 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n201 Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 64, no. 67 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1944.229/1944.229_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1944.229/1944.229_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1944.229/1944.229_full.tif