Wine cooler (one of a pair)

Mount maker Elias Adam German

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 533

These wine coolers (see also 2004.520a, b) were produced in China for export to Europe. While the decoration is Chinese in origin, the form is western and is probably based on a silver example. The mounts by the Augsburg silversmith Elias Adam enhance the luxurious nature of the coolers and reflect the continuing appreciation for Chinese porcelain in the eighteenth century.

Wine cooler (one of a pair), Elias Adam (German, ca. 1669–1745, master 1703), Hard-paste porcelain; silver, Chinese porcelain with German, Augsburg mounts

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