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Tureen (a) of bulging and lobed oval form with two scrolling loop handles at either side and four scrolled feet; the white body with pink ground decorated at front and back with large central cartouches showing the artist as Madame de Pompadour in low-cut bodice and wig of silvery curls, with landscape in background; the pink surface embellished with platinum scrollwork and floral sprays, the flower buds rendered as fish; the articulated surfaces of the white handles and feet also picked out with platinum. Interior of bowl white, the floor decorated with scene of fish lying among ropes of pearls, all resting on soft folds of blue fabric. The domed and lobed cover (b), with pink ground decorated with platinum scrollwork and floral sprays as on tureen, and having central knob in the form of large platinum-colored flower buds with white and platinum leaves. The platter (c) of roughly oval shape having a white rectangular well, and wide everted rim, its two scrolled ends forming handles, and decorated with images of the artist as Madame de Pompadour; the articulated surface with pink ground, picked out with platinum scrollwork and floral sprays as on tureen.

This covered tureen with tray is glazed porcelain, photo-transfer (silkscreen), painted-platinum decoration with the following markings: On undersides of tureen, cover, and platter: applied in black, over glaze: "Madame de Pompadour / Nee Poisson (1721 1764)" in script / "by" / "CINDY SHERMAN" / "For" / monogram "AM" surrounded by "ARTES MAGNUM" in circular format / "23R / 25" [written in black, over glaze] / "Cindy Sherman" signature / "Silkscreened and" / "handpainted at" in script / "Ancienne Manufacture Royale / Fondee / 1737" all in cartouche / "LIMOGES FRANCE".. Its dimensions are: H x W x D (parts a, b, & c): 30 x 56.1 x 37 cm (11 13/16 x 22 1/16 x 14 9/16 in.).

This covered tureen with tray is from France and dated 1990.

Museum purchase from Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund. Its provenance is Acquired in 2000 directly from the producer, Artes Magnus. (Purchase) We acquired this object in 2003.

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