Figure
ca. 1755-1765 (made), ca. 1741 (modelled)
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Figure of hard-paste porcelain, depicting a peasant woman carrying on her back a grape tub, the top pierced to hold flowers. Her left arm helps support the tub, and with her right hand she slightly lifts her apron. Painted with enamel colours and gilt, the dress white with coloured Indian flowers; black bodice; yellow apron.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Figure of a peasant woman, hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, modelled by Johann Joachim Kändler about 1741, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1755-1765 |
| Physical description | Figure of hard-paste porcelain, depicting a peasant woman carrying on her back a grape tub, the top pierced to hold flowers. Her left arm helps support the tub, and with her right hand she slightly lifts her apron. Painted with enamel colours and gilt, the dress white with coloured Indian flowers; black bodice; yellow apron. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Crossed swords (Factory mark in underglaze blue, behind base) |
| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the Captain H. B. Murray Bequest |
| Object history | From the Collection of H. J. King (Christie's, 5 May 1914, lot 322); formerly the property of W.F.B Massey-Mainwaring. |
| Production | Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Honey, W. B. Dresden china: an introduction to the study of Meissen porcelain. London: A. & C. Black, 1934, Note 199.
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| Accession number | C.156-1914 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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