Tea Service (Déjeuner)

Description

This tea service, composed of a teapot, a sugar bowl, two cups, and a tray, is decorated with brightly colored polychrome floral motifs on a milky-white background typical of the Japanese Kakiemon style. The body of the teapot recalls Chinese or Japanese gourd or melon forms while the tray and cups pull inspiration from European silver models.

Provenance

formerly in the J. Pierpont Morgan collection; (Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York).

Tea Service (Déjeuner)

Chantilly Porcelain Factory

c. 1730

Accession Number

1944.228

Medium

Tin-glazed soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration

Dimensions

N/A

Classification

Ceramic

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund