Seated cat
ca. 1760
Medium
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
4 × 3 in. (10.2 × 7.6 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain
Culture
British, Derby
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
Accession Number
64.101.755
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About this artwork
This ceramics-porcelain by british artist Derby Porcelain Manufactory exemplifies the artistic achievements of ca. 1760. Fashioned from soft-paste porcelain, this work represents ancient traditions of ceramic production. Ceramic arts involved sophisticated understanding of clay preparation, forming techniques, firing temperatures, and surface treatments that varied across cultures and periods. These durable objects provide crucial archaeological and art historical evidence, surviving millennia t...
About the Artist
Derby Porcelain Manufactory · 1751–1785
The Derby Porcelain Manufactory stands as one of the foundational institutions of British ceramic art, producing some of the finest figures and tablewares made in England during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Its origins can be traced to the work of André Planché, a Huguenot immigrant from Saxony who settled in Derby around 1745 and began producing soft-paste porcelain figures and ...