Figure of the Bagpiper (Le Joueur de musette)

Description

Although a few Vincennes porcelain figures exist that are glazed, the royal factory adopted at an early date the practice of producing unglazed biscuit figures that, because of the purity of their material, resemble marble figurines. The fashion for biscuit figures first introduced at Vincennes quickly spread through Europe.

Provenance

R. Henry Norweb, Cleveland, Ohio.

Figure of the Bagpiper (Le Joueur de musette)

Vincennes Porcelain Factory

1748–52

Accession Number

1961.10.2

Medium

unglazed soft-paste porcelain (biscuit)

Dimensions

Overall: 22.9 x 13.4 x 8 cm (9 x 5 1/4 x 3 1/8 in.)

Classification

Ceramic

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

The Norweb Collection