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

Figure Group

1760-1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure group of hard-paste porcelain of a Chinoiserie group with a Chinese man making love to a woman. Both are dressed in plaid-patterned robes of pale pink, white and green and with touches of gold. They stand on a rocky base of blue, brown, mauve and green.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, gilded
Brief description
Figure group of hard-paste porcelain of a Chinoiserie group, Höchst porcelain factory, Höchst, 1760-1765.
Physical description
Figure group of hard-paste porcelain of a Chinoiserie group with a Chinese man making love to a woman. Both are dressed in plaid-patterned robes of pale pink, white and green and with touches of gold. They stand on a rocky base of blue, brown, mauve and green.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
A wheel (In underglaze blue)
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.21-1932

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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