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Manufacture de porcelaine de Vincennes

Sugar Bowl and Stand

c. 1753
Soft-paste porcelain, underglaze blue ground, and gilding
15.9 × 12.3 cm (6.3 × 4.8 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

Bleu lapis was one of the ground colors most often found on Vincennes and Sèvres porcelains. The simple contrast of this dark color and the brilliant white of the porcelain body, accented by gilded ornaments, created a rich and sophisticated decoration.

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