Bust
ca. 1761 (made)
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Bust of a little girl, head turned and inclined to the right, her hair bound in a blue ribbon and decorated with a yellow feathered tulip and a purple red-centred flower with green leaves; purple frilled collar and white lace corsage. The pedestal is four-lobed and is decorated with wavy yellow scrolls above flame-like rococo foliation picked out in red, green, yellow, blue and purple, and oval "slits" similarly coloured.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Bust of a litte girl, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, from a model by Franz Anton Bustelli, Nymphenburg porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1761 |
| Physical description | Bust of a little girl, head turned and inclined to the right, her hair bound in a blue ribbon and decorated with a yellow feathered tulip and a purple red-centred flower with green leaves; purple frilled collar and white lace corsage. The pedestal is four-lobed and is decorated with wavy yellow scrolls above flame-like rococo foliation picked out in red, green, yellow, blue and purple, and oval "slits" similarly coloured. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | A shield with the arms of Bavaria and '3' (Impressed on a scroll of the pedestal) |
| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the Murray Bequest |
| Production | From a model by Franz Anton Bustelli |
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| Accession number | C.30-1933 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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