id:			151498
accession number:	1983.60
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/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
	<i>Highlights of the Rococo: Norweb Ceramics and Related Arts</i>. 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
	<i>The Year in Review for 1983</i>. 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.<em> La porcelaine française de 1673 à 1914</em>. Paris, 1929.
	page number: 	p. 29, no. 328
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	“Recent Ceramic Acquisitions by Major Museums: Supplement.” <em>The Burlington Magazine</em> 127, no. 986 (May 1985).
	page number: 	p. 344, fig. 50
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	Le Duc, Geneviève. <em>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</em>. Paris: Hazan, 1996.
	page number: 	p. 146
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