Small tray, cup and saucer (déjeuner carré)
Item
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Title
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Small tray, cup and saucer (déjeuner carré)
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Description
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The fascination with the decorative and artistic qualities of hardstones (pietre dure) was a strong current in European court and aristocratic taste in the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries, and the Sèvres porcelain manufactory acknowledged this taste by occasionally using imitation hardstone surfaces to decorate its products. One of its most ambitious attempts at reproducing the appearance of hardstones can be seen in this cup and saucer with matching tray, which simulate malachite and jasper on a porphyry ground. A less complex but equally elegant decoration is found on the cup and saucer painted to imitate lapis lazuli.
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Creator
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Sèvres Manufactory
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Date Created
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earliest: 1765
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latest: 1770
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Date
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2008
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Provenance
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[ sale, Christie's, New York , October 21, 2005, lot 120; sold to Dalva ] ; [ Dalva Brothers, Inc. , New York, 2005–6 ] ; [ Dragesco-Cramoisan , Paris, 2006–8; sold to MMA ]
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Identifier
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2008.295a–c
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Format
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Ceramics-Porcelain
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Tray, Overall: 1 1/4 x 5 13/16 in. (3.2 x 14.8 cm);
Cup, Overall: 2 5/16 x 3 11/16 x 2 13/16 in. (5.9 x 9.4 x 7.1 cm);
Saucer, Overall: 1 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. (3.2 x 13.3 cm)
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Publisher
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Source
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Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Sid R. Bass Gift, in honor of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2008
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Rights
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https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access
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Contributor
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French
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Sèvres
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