Dragon planter - Minton

Manufacture de Minton.
Pot cover.
Enameled terracotta.
Factory mark, model number and letters "Z" and "A".
England, circa 1870.

Pieces from the Minton manufactory are exceptional for their decorative qualities and the sobriety of the repertoire, which testifies to the craftsmen's ability to synthesize styles to please their clientele of connoisseurs, not only English but all europeans. Such is the case of this vase decorated with "chinoiseries", which reproduces Chinese motifs with a chromatic palette pleasing to fin-de-siècle Western eyes.