Figure Pair of the Dancer (La Danseuse) and the Bagpiper (Le Joueur de Musette)
Cleveland Museum of Art

Figure Pair of the Dancer (La Danseuse) and the Bagpiper (Le Joueur de Musette)

Vincennes Porcelain Factory (France, 1740–56) · 1748–52

unglazed soft-paste porcelain (biscuit porcelain)
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Unglazed porcelain figures were a long-lasting alternative to the decorative sugar sculptures displayed alongside intricately designed 18th-century French dinner services.

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