Inkstand in the form of a pomegranate in a gilt-bronze mount

Chantilly|Villeroy

Maker

Chantilly|Villeroy

Date

porcelain ca. 1735, mounts ca. 1740–50 and later

Medium

Soft-paste porcelain, gilded bronze

Dimensions

Body (a): 5 3/8 in. × 10 5/16 in. × 7 in. (13.7 × 26.2 × 17.8 cm) Overall (with lid): 5 15/16 × 10 15/16 × 7 in. (15.1 × 27.8 × 17.8 cm) Lid (b): 1 1/16 × 1 3/4 in. (2.7 × 4.4 cm)

Form

Stand

Culture

French, Chantilly or Villeroy

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

2019.283.55a, b

Credit line

Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019