Decorative Arts & Design
Figure Seated on a Lion
Permanent ExhibitionCeramics
Details
- Author / creator
- Chantilly Porcelain Factory (French)
- Object type
- Ceramics
- Date or period
- c.1740–45
- Dimensions summary
- Overall: 18.3 × 30.5 × 12.1 cm
- Maker or workshop
- Chantilly Porcelain Factory
- Period / style
- Rococo
- Image rights
- Public domain (CC0)
About this object
Exotic animals were highly coveted symbols of status and wealth. The practice of housing them in a centralized complex was popularized by French King Louis XIV’s menagerie at Versailles. This lion, along with other animal figurines produced at the factory, may have been modeled after living examples housed in the menagerie established by Louis Henri, duke of Bourbon, prince of Condé, and founder of the Chantilly porcelain factory.
Materials and technique
Tin-glazed soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration
