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Figure of the Bagpiper (Le Joueur de musette)
François Boucher1748–52
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Although a few Vincennes porcelain figures exist that are glazed, the royal factory adopted at an early date the practice of producing unglazed biscuit figures that, because of the purity of their material, resemble marble figurines. The fashion for biscuit figures first introduced at Vincennes quickly spread through Europe.
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- Title: Figure of the Bagpiper (Le Joueur de musette)
- Creator: Vincennes Porcelain Factory (France, 1740-56), Pierre Blondeau (French), François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
- Date Created: 1748–52
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 22.9 x 13.4 x 8 cm (9 x 5 1/4 x 3 1/8 in.)
- Provenance: R. Henry Norweb, Cleveland, Ohio.
- Type: Ceramic
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.10.2
- Medium: unglazed soft-paste porcelain (biscuit)
- Department: Decorative Art and Design
- Culture: France, Vincennes, 18th century
- Credit Line: The Norweb Collection
- Collection: Decorative Arts
- Accession Number: 1961.10.2
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