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Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Tea Servicecirca 1760

Not on view
Porcelain tea service of eleven pieces with cobalt blue diamond lattice and polychrome Chinoiserie bird and figure scenes, gilt edges throughout
Set of six porcelain plates arranged in two rows, each with a painted central scene of exotic birds in landscape settings, surrounded by a blue lattice-pattern border with gilt edges and hand-painted floral sprays.
Porcelain teapot with rounded body, painted with a blue exotic bird perched on a branch amid trees, flanked by cobalt blue and gold lattice panels; domed lid with gilt flower-bud finial and floral sprigs; gilt rim and handle accents throughout.
Porcelain covered bowl with domed lid topped by a modeled pink flower finial on gilt foliage. Body decorated with polychrome exotic birds perched on rocky outcroppings amid green trees, framed by cobalt blue and gilt geometric lattice panels on a white ground. Gold banding at rim and foot.
Porcelain cream jug on three scroll feet, white ground with polychrome painted pheasant in a landscape, cobalt blue latticework panel edged in gilded scrollwork near the handle, and gilt leaf relief on the body.

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, Tea Service, circa 1760, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, William Randolph Hearst Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Manufacturer
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Title
Tea Service
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1760
Medium
Porcelain with enamel, gilding, and glaze
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
47.35.1a-q
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design

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