Broth bowl with cover 1720 - 1730

Here is a broth bowl with cover made by the Meissen Manufactory. The eye is immediately drawn to the contrast between the porcelain's smooth, white surface and the sepia-toned scenes adorning it. The continuous narrative unfurls with architectural precision, the landscape detailed with fine lines, creating a sense of depth and distance. The handle, an elegant curve extending from the body, and the lid’s finial offer a tactile invitation, disrupting the bowl's otherwise smooth contour. The imagery is a constructed idyll, the classical architecture a signifier of power and cultivated taste. The structured composition can be seen as a commentary on the human desire to impose order on nature. This tension between the constructed and the organic is further explored with the legs, which are crafted in the form of animal paws. In essence, this broth bowl is not just a functional object but a structured statement about control, taste, and the human condition.