Tournai Porcelain Manufactory
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The Tournai porcelain manufactory (founded 1751) in present-day Belgium produced soft-paste porcelain figures and tableware. Under the direction of François-Joseph Peterinck, the factory created pieces influenced by Sèvres and Meissen, developing its own character within the competitive European porcelain market.
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About Tournai Porcelain Manufactory
Tournai porcelain (from 1751) produced soft-paste figures and tableware in Belgium. Under Peterinck's direction, the factory developed its own style while competing with Sèvres and Meissen.
A Boy Playing Flute figure (1765) is held by the Art Institute of Chicago.
The figure shows a boy playing a flute, a genre subject typical of 18th-century European porcelain modeling.
The figure is dated to 1765, made about 14 years after the factory's founding in 1751.
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