Chamber Pot (Bourdaloue) – Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory

Chantilly Porcelain Manufactoryabout 1740

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Oval chamber pots such as this one have been known since the 1700s as bourdaloues. Legend has it that these objects were named after the Jesuit priest Père Louis Bourdaloue, who preached at the court of Louis XIV. Bourdaloue's sermons were apparently so long that the ladies at court asked their maids to supply them with chamber pots so that they would not be forced to leave and miss any of his wisdom. Others guess that Bourdoloue himself needed the vessel during his own sermons as he suffered from the disease hypospadias.

This chamber pot has scrolling walls shaped like snail shells, while the handle with its flat thumb rest is formed and painted to resemble a twig. The painted flowers on the sides of the vessel resemble designs from Japanese porcelain. The Prince de Condé, owner of the Chantilly Manufactory, had a large collection of Japanese ceramics, which frequently inspired the factory's porcelain painters.

作品介绍

• 标题: Chamber Pot (Bourdaloue)
• 创作者: Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory
• 日期: about 1740
• 实际尺寸: 9.8 x 19.7 x 11.7 cm (3 7/8 x 7 3/4 x 4 5/8 in.)
• 外部链接: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
• 材质: Soft-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration
• Source Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
• Signature: Painted on the base with the iron-red hunting horn mark of the Chantilly manufactory.
• Object Type: Chamber pot
• Object Status: Permanent Collection
• Number: 82.DE.9
• Display Location: Currently on view at: Getty Center, Museum South Pavilion, Gallery S104, Showcase
• Department: Sculpture & Decorative Arts
• Culture: French
• Classification: Decorative Arts

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The J. Paul Getty Museum