Slop bowl

Vienna

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The tour-de-force painting of a continuous landscape on this bowl shows the level of quality that Schwarzlot porcelain was capable of reaching at Du Paquier. The name of the artist is unknown, but his hand is evident on other pieces painted with similar Dutch or Italian views. Monochrome landscapes, whether painted in black, purple, or red, appear to have been popular at the manufactory in the 1730s.

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