Eagle (one of a pair)
ca. 1730
Medium
Hard-paste porcelain with cold-painted decoration
Dimensions
22 3/8 × 8 3/8 × 11 1/8 in. (56.8 × 21.3 × 28.3 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain
Culture
German, Meissen after Japanese model
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
Accession Number
2019.283.51
Tags
About the Artist
Meissen Manufactory · 1710–present
The Meissen Manufactory, established on June 6, 1710, by Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, marked the dawn of true hard-paste porcelain production in Europe. Nestled at Albrechtsburg Castle in Meissen near Dresden, the Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon Porcelain Manufactory arose from alchemical experiments begun in 1708 by physicist Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus and p...