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

Figure

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of Arion, hard-paste porcelain. He is seated on a rock, naked save for slight purple draping, his legs crossed right over left; he is playing a lyre held in his right hand; at his feet a dolphin.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
Brief description
Figure of Arion, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, modelled by Johann Christian Wilhelm Beyer, Ludwigsburg porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1760
Physical description
Figure of Arion, hard-paste porcelain. He is seated on a rock, naked save for slight purple draping, his legs crossed right over left; he is playing a lyre held in his right hand; at his feet a dolphin.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.7cm
Credit line
Given by Miss Heriot in memory of Mr and Mrs Robert Heriot
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.218-1926

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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