Box

Meissen Manufactory

ca. 1730 · Hard-paste porcelain · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Probably once part of a toilet service, this five-lobed box is based on a Japanese lacquer prototype and may have been placed on a matching stand.

Artist

Meissen Manufactory

Date

ca. 1730

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain

Culture

German, Meissen

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973