COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.17.190.2045
AMICA Library Year:
2000
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name:
Medici, Florence
Creator Nationality:
European; Southern European; Florentine
Creator Name-CRT:
Manufactured by Medici, Florence
Title:
Ewer
Title Type:
Object name
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
16th century (ca. 1575-87)
Creation Start Date:
1575
Creation End Date:
1587
Materials and Techniques:
Soft-paste porcelain
Classification Term:
Ceramics-Porcelain
Style or Period Terms:
Medici porcelain
Dimensions:
H. 8 in. (20.3 cm)
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
17.190.2045
Credit Line:
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Context:
Porcelain was first produced in Europe in Florence under the patronage of Francesco de Medici, grand duke of Tuscany (r. 1574-87). This ewer, one of only fifty-seven known pieces of so-called Medici porcelain, combines numerous influences: the form is related to goldsmiths' work and to majolica, the blue-and-white scheme is Chinese, and the floral decoration is borrowed from Isnik pottery.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.es17.190.2045.R.tif
