Detail View: The AMICA Library: Teapot

AMICA ID: 
CMA_.1944.228.1-5
AMICA Library Year: 
2002
Object Type: 
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name: 
Chantilly Factory
Creator Nationality: 
French
Creator Role: 
manufactured by
Creator Dates/Places: 
1904 - 1963
Biography: 
Founded in c. 1725 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.
Creator Name-CRT: 
Chantilly Factory
Title: 
Teapot
Title Type: 
Primary
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
c. 1730
Creation Start Date: 
1725
Creation End Date: 
1735
Materials and Techniques: 
soft-paste porcelain
Classification Term: 
Ceramic
Dimensions: 
Overall: 8.3cm x 14.95cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 
1944.228.1
ID Number: 
1944.228.2
ID Number: 
1944.228.3
ID Number: 
1944.228.4
ID Number: 
1944.228.5
Credit Line: 
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Rights: 
Provenance: 
formerly in the J. Pierpont Morgan collection; (Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York).
Context: 

The pieces composing this individual tea set are entirely typical of Chantilly soft-paste porcelain in the Kakiemon style. Both the form and decoration of these pieces were inspired by Japanese prototypes. The use of knobs in the form of trumpet-shaped blossoms is characteristic of Chantilly wares.

Related Image Identifier Link: 
CMA_.AM20020387.tif