Figure Group
1765-1775 (made), 1754 (modelled)
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Figure group (in three sections) of a Bacchic Revel, of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded. Boldly-modelled Rococo base on which rests a barrel with Bacchus astride, his left arm upraised holding a pokal. Near him two putti, one filling a flask from the barrel, the other dancing and holding a goblet under grapes held by Bacchus, behind whom sits a maenad with a putto on a goat, various accessories, including tambourine, basket of grapes.
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Figure group (in three sections) of a Bacchic Revel, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, modelled by J.J. Kändler, ca. 1754, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, 1765-1775. |
| Physical description | Figure group (in three sections) of a Bacchic Revel, of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded. Boldly-modelled Rococo base on which rests a barrel with Bacchus astride, his left arm upraised holding a pokal. Near him two putti, one filling a flask from the barrel, the other dancing and holding a goblet under grapes held by Bacchus, behind whom sits a maenad with a putto on a goat, various accessories, including tambourine, basket of grapes. |
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| 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.209 to B-1921 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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