Covered bowl and stand
Sèvres Manufactory
(France)
1763
Medium/TechniqueSoft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels and gold
DimensionsOther (Bowl): 10.2 x 15 x 11.7 cm (4 x 5 7/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
Other (Cover): 3.3 x 20.3 x 16.2 cm (1 5/16 x 8 x 6 3/8 in.)
Other (Cover): 3.3 x 20.3 x 16.2 cm (1 5/16 x 8 x 6 3/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.1906a-c
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceLucien Lévy, Paris [see note 1]; by 1953, probably sold by Lévy to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI [see note 2]; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)
NOTES:
[1] According to a paper label affixed to the bottom of the stand. [2] The objects were published by Émile Tilmans, "Porcelains de France," (Paris, 1953), p. 41, as in a private collection, New York (probably the Wickes collection). Forsyth Wickes purchased several objects from Lucien Levy in the 1950s.
NOTES:
[1] According to a paper label affixed to the bottom of the stand. [2] The objects were published by Émile Tilmans, "Porcelains de France," (Paris, 1953), p. 41, as in a private collection, New York (probably the Wickes collection). Forsyth Wickes purchased several objects from Lucien Levy in the 1950s.
