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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Figure

ca. 1756 (made), ca. 1756 (modelled)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a putto dressed as Harlequin, of hard-paste porcelain. Standing masked figure with pointed hat. Diamond-patterned suit. Both arms held forward. Stump support. Painted with enamel colours and gilt. Puce hat, diamond-patterned suit.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Figure of a putto dressed as Harlequin, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, modelled by J. J. Kändler, perhaps with P. Reinicke, about 1756, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1756
Physical description
Figure of a putto dressed as Harlequin, of hard-paste porcelain. Standing masked figure with pointed hat. Diamond-patterned suit. Both arms held forward. Stump support. Painted with enamel colours and gilt. Puce hat, diamond-patterned suit.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.1cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Florence Augusta Beare in memory of Arthur Doveton Clarke
Production
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Honey, W. B. Dresden china: an introduction to the study of Meissen porcelain. London: A. & C. Black, 1934, Pl. LVI (e), p. 124.
Collection
Accession number
C.948-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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