Fountain and basin

Johann Gottlieb Kirchner|Meissen Manufactory

Maker

Johann Gottlieb Kirchner|Meissen Manufactory

Date

ca. 1727–32

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold; silver spout

Dimensions

Overall (assembled confirmed): 24 1/2 x 18 1/8 x 16 1/2 in. (62.2 x 46 x 41.9 cm); Other (54.147.65 a (fountain)): 13 1/4in. (33.7cm); Other (54.147.65 b (plinth)): 11 5/16 x 10in. (28.7 x 25.4cm); Other (basin confirmed): 3 1/8 x 18 3/8 x 13 5/8 in. (7.9 x 46.7 x 34.6 cm)

Form

Table

Culture

German, Meissen

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

54.147.65a–c

Credit line

Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1954