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Sugar Bowl in the Shape of a Woman with a Basket
Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, 1741
The basket, which contained the sugar, is held by a black woman. The figure is scantily clad, wearing only a cloth around her hips and head. The association between this black woman and sugar is a cruel one, given that sugar was mostly produced by enslaved people. When Black people are depicted in Meissen porcelain, it is almost always in a stereotypical and racist context.
- Artwork typesugar box, eating & drinking utensils
- Object numberBK-1979-131-B
- Dimensionsheight 16.7 cm, width 12.5 cm x depth 10.5 cm x width 9.2 cm x depth 7.2 cm, height 3.4 cm