Figure
ca. 1780 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Figure of a peasant woman, hard-paste porcelain. She is standing, wearing a yellow bodice with white sleeves and scarf, white hood, and white apron over a green skirt. She holds a basket of eggs over her left arm, and a hen is carried by the feet in her right hand. Irregular mounded base coloured green. Flesh-tones deep, especially on the arms.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Figure of a peasant woman, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, ca. 1780 |
| Physical description | Figure of a peasant woman, hard-paste porcelain. She is standing, wearing a yellow bodice with white sleeves and scarf, white hood, and white apron over a green skirt. She holds a basket of eggs over her left arm, and a hen is carried by the feet in her right hand. Irregular mounded base coloured green. Flesh-tones deep, especially on the arms. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Three wavy lines (In blue inside a glazed hole in the base) |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.330-1928 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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