id:			123698
accession number:	1944.229.2.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.229.2.b
updated:		2023-01-10 22:18:23.710000

Cover for a Vase, 1749. Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710). Porcelain mounted in gilt bronze; overall: 38.1 x 33.7 x 20.7 cm (15 x 13 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.229.2.b

title:				Cover for a Vase
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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
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culture:	Germany, Meissen, 18th century
technique:	porcelain mounted in gilt bronze
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Ceramic
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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.
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measurements: Overall: 38.1 x 33.7 x 20.7 cm (15 x 13 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	formerly in the J. Pierpont Morgan collection; (Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 310
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n61

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. 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. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. 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. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. 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. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 64, no. 67
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IMAGES

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