Figure
ca. 1755 (made), ca. 1755 (modelled)
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Figure of a dancing peasant woman, hard-paste porcelain. Left foot and right arm lifted, left hand on hip. Long tasselled and feathered cap. Rococo, flowered base. Painted with enamel colours and gilt, lavender cap, puce bodice, white apron with coloured oriental flowers, skirt in two tones of yellow.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Figure of a dancing peasant woman, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, probably modelled by J. J. Kändler, about 1755, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, about 1755 |
| Physical description | Figure of a dancing peasant woman, hard-paste porcelain. Left foot and right arm lifted, left hand on hip. Long tasselled and feathered cap. Rococo, flowered base. Painted with enamel colours and gilt, lavender cap, puce bodice, white apron with coloured oriental flowers, skirt in two tones of yellow. |
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| 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. |
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| Accession number | C.937-1919 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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