Vase with flowers and birds (one of a pair)

Meissen Manufactory

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The form of this vase is Chinese in origin, but the decoration freely combines Chinese and Japanese motifs. The vases can be dated to 1733, the only year in which the mark on the base was in use.

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