Four-sided bottle
Meissen Manufactory|Böttger Period|Johan Jakob Irminger
ca. 1713–20 · Hard-paste porcelain with molded decoration · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
The bottle dates from the earliest production of porcelain at Meissen, and is known as Böttger porcelain after its inventor, Johann Friedrich Böttger (1682–1719). Here, a Japanese sake bottle has been transformed by the incorporation of Baroque motifs and a more prominent, stepped foot. It was probably modeled by the Saxon court goldsmith, Johann Jacob Irminger (1635–1724).
- Artist
- Meissen Manufactory|Böttger Period|Johan Jakob Irminger
- Date
- ca. 1713–20
- Medium
- Hard-paste porcelain with molded decoration
- Culture
- German, Meissen
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
