id:			125332
accession number:	1947.285
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.285
updated:		2025-02-09 01:15:27.353000

Vase, c. 1710–1715. Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710). Red stoneware; diameter: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.); overall: 28.5 x 14.4 cm (11 1/4 x 5 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of A. & R. Ball 1947.285

title:				Vase
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creation date:			c. 1710–1715
creation date earliest:		1705
creation date latest:		1720
current location:		216A French and German
creditline:			Gift of A. & R. Ball
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culture:	Germany, Meissen, 18th century
technique:	red stoneware
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: Diameter: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.); Overall: 28.5 x 14.4 cm (11 1/4 x 5 11/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		35th Anniversary Exhibition
	opening date:   1951-06-20T04:00:00
	<i>35th Anniversary Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).

	title:		Relief Decorated Ceramics Through the Ages
	opening date:   1963-04-01T05:00:00
	<i>Relief Decorated Ceramics Through the Ages</i>. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO (April 1-30, 1963).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(A. & R. Ball, New York).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Foote, Helen. "A Gift of Continental Ceramics." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>35, no. 10 (December 1948): 224, 229.
	page number: 	Metnioned: p. 224; Reproduced: p. 235
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141516

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 309
	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. 129
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n153

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IMAGES

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