Jardinière with chickens
Medium
Stoneware
Dimensions
Overall (confirmed): 19 7/16 × 29 3/4 × 9 in. (49.4 × 7 × 22.9 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Pottery
Culture
French, Paris
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection, Gift of Robert A. Ellison Jr., 2013
Accession Number
2013.239.22
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the late 19th century, French ceramics flourished as decorative arts blended functionality with sculptural artistry, and this *Jardinière with Chickens* (ca. 1880) exemplifies that trend. Produced by the renowned Haviland & Co.—a Paris-based firm celebrated for its Limoges porcelain modeled by sculptor Philibert Léon Couturier, the stoneware piece served as an elegant plant stand. Measuring nearly 30 inches wide, its robust form features lively, naturalistic chickens strutting across the surface, capturing the animalier style's emphasis on anatomical precision and everyday subjects. Stonew...