Teapot

Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This Chelsea teapot is decorated in the style of Japanese Kakiemon porcelain, in which red often dominated the palette of enamel colors. Kakiemon was widely imitated in Europe, notably by the Meissen factory in Germany, Chantilly in France, and Chelsea in England. While the British versions of Kakiemon were once thought to be based on German adaptations, it now appears that some examples were copied directly from Japanese originals.

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