About the Artwork
Tureen in the Form of a Rooster
ca. 1734
After a model by Johann Joachim Kändler (Artist) German, 1706-1775 Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer) German, founded 1710
Hard-paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
Overall: 10 × 11 × 6 1/8 inches (25.4 × 27.9 × 15.6 cm)
Ceramics
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Bequest of Ruth Nugent Head in memory of her mother, Anna E. Kresge, and her husband, Henry W. Nugent Head
F1985.82.1A
Public Domain
Markings
In underglaze blue, on underside of tureen, Meissen factory mark: crossed swords.
Provenance
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Darr, Alan Phipps. "European Sculpture and Decorative Arts." Bulletin of the DIA 62, no. 3: Annual Report (1986): pp. 22-24.
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Meissen Porcelain Manufactory; after a model by Johann Joachim Kändler, Tureen in the Form of a Rooster, ca. 1734, hard-paste porcelain, vitreous enamel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Ruth Nugent Head in memory of her mother, Anna E. Kresge, and her husband, Henry W. Nugent Head, F1985.82.1A.
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