id: 151498
accession number: 1983.60
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Figure Seated on a Lion, c.1740–45. Chantilly Porcelain Factory (French). Tin-glazed soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration; overall: 18.3 x 30.5 x 12.1 cm (7 3/16 x 12 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1983.60
title: Figure Seated on a Lion
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creation date: c.1740–45
creation date earliest: 1740
creation date latest: 1745
current location: 216A French and German
creditline: The Norweb Collection
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culture: France, 18th century
technique: Tin-glazed soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration
department: Decorative Art and Design
collection: Decorative Arts
type: Ceramic
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CREATORS
* Chantilly Porcelain Factory (French) - manufacturer
Founded in c. 1730 under the patronage of Louis-Henri de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, an impassioned collector of Japanese Arita porcelain, and managed by Ciquaire Cirou until his death in 1751. Only soft-paste porcelain was made.
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measurements: Overall: 18.3 x 30.5 x 12.1 cm (7 3/16 x 12 x 4 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Highlights of the Rococo: Norweb Ceramics and Related Arts
opening date: 1983-11-08T05:00:00
Highlights of the Rococo: Norweb Ceramics and Related Arts. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 8, 1983-June 3, 1984).
title: The Year in Review for 1983
opening date: 1984-02-22T05:00:00
The Year in Review for 1983. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
R. Henry Norweb, Cleveland, Ohio.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Musée du Louvre. La porcelaine française de 1673 à 1914. Paris, 1929.
page number: p. 29, no. 328
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“Recent Ceramic Acquisitions by Major Museums: Supplement.” The Burlington Magazine 127, no. 986 (May 1985).
page number: p. 344, fig. 50
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Le Duc, Geneviève. Porcelaine tendre de Chantilly au XVIIIe siècle: héritages des manufactures de Rouen, Saint-Cloud et Paris et influences sur les autres manufactures de XVIIIe siècle. Paris: Hazan, 1996.
page number: p. 146
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