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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Sugar Box and Cover

ca. 1720-1730 (made)
Artist/Maker
Meissen Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Preissler, Ignaz (enamelled by)
Ziernfeld, Carl Wendelin Anreiter Von (enamelled by)
Place of origin
Meissen (made)

The fanciful chinoiserie figures in landscapes on this sugar box and cover were probably adapted from engravings after illustrations in a book by Arnoldus Montanus about his Japanese travels, published in 1669.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Sugar box and cover
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Sugar Box
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, moulded and painted in enamels
Hard Paste Porcelain
Moulded
Painted
Brief description
Sugar box and cover of hard-paste porcelain, decorated with chinoiseries in the manner of Ignaz Preissler, ca.1720-30, made at the Meissen porcelain factory, ca.1720-1725.
Physical description
Sugar box and cover of hard-paste porcelain, moulded and painted in purple monochrome enamels with chinoiserie figures in landscapes within formal borders.
Dimensions
  • Converted from imperial height: 7.6cm
Subject depicted
Chinoiserie
Summary
The fanciful chinoiserie figures in landscapes on this sugar box and cover were probably adapted from engravings after illustrations in a book by Arnoldus Montanus about his Japanese travels, published in 1669.
Bibliographic references
  • Müller-Hofstede, Annedore Der schlesisch-böhmische Hausmaler Ignaz Preissler Keramos 100 (1983) pp. 3-50
  • Kräftner, Johann,ed. Baroque Luxury Porcelain: The Manufacturers of Du Paquier in Vienna and of Carlo Ginori in Florence , with text by Claudia Lehner-Jobst, Andreina d'Agliano and others, Liechtenstein Museum, Prestel, 2005, no. 224, 370p
  • Brozkovà, Helena (ed) Daniel a Ignàc Preisslerové Exhibition catalogue (in Czech) of the Umeleckoprumyslové Museum in Prague, 2009
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.548A-1922

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Record createdFebruary 17, 2009
Record URL
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