Box. Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory, manufacturer (French, active by 1693 - 1766) 1730–1740 The small box is imaginatively conceived to look like an object that has been wrapped by a piece of fabric gathered at the top and tied in a double knot. The ornament of stylized leafy blooming branches delicately colored in blue, green, yellow, and orange enamel is slightly raised echoing the effect of embroidery. It is the only known piece of this shape and is a particularly sophisticated example of polychrome ware made at Saint-Cloud. The floral pattern extending over the joint between the base an
Box. Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory, manufacturer (French, active by 1693 - 1766) 1730–1740 The small box is imaginatively conceived to look like an object that has been wrapped by a piece of fabric gathered at the top and tied in a double knot. The ornament of stylized leafy blooming branches delicately colored in blue, green, yellow, and orange enamel is slightly raised echoing the effect of embroidery. It is the only known piece of this shape and is a particularly sophisticated example of polychrome ware made at Saint-Cloud. The floral pattern extending over the joint between the base and the lid is characteristic of continuous designs found on East Asian ceramics and lacquer. Indeed, the conceit recalls furoshiki, the Japanese craft of tying decorative pieces of cloth around gifts; additionally, in eighteenth-century Europe, tied scarfs or handkerchiefs were used to carry small objects or articles of food. Although this box could have been employed to hold any number of precious or utilitarian items, it was most likely treasured alone for its delightful form and decoration.
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