Teabowl and saucer

Meissen Manufactory

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This tea bowl, an exact copy of a Chinese tea bowl, was formerly in the Japanese Palace in Dresden, built in 1717 by the Elector Augustus II "the Strong" to house his large collection of Oriental porcelains along with the more extraordinary products of his porcelain factory at Meissen.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art