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Indian tea box
€700.00
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Soft-paste porcelain biscuit box and lid, adorned with cherry‑blossom branches and insects rendered in bas‑relief. The interior is finished with a clear glaze. This model, first conceived in 1753, reflects the period’s fascination with Oriental imagery. Impressed Sèvres marks under the box.
An art object entirely handmade by our craftsmen in the workshops of the Manufacture. Nuances and variations may appear from one piece to another, making each one almost unique.
The history of the Manufacture de Sèvres began in Vincennes, and the Indian tea box created in 1753 - like the Indian vase - is imbued with the nascent oriental imagination of the time, during which it built its identity and enjoyed its first successes.
This fantasized representation of the Orient, which gradually spread in the fashion of the time, was translated at Sèvres by a particular attention paid to the fineness of the porcelain, as well as to the elegance of the combinations of patterns.
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