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

Figure

ca. 1750-1753 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure group of a fortune-teller and a girl in white glazed soft-paste porcelain. They stand, with the bearded man on the left bending over the outstretched right hand of the girl. He wears flowing classical draperies. Irregular rock base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain
Brief description
Figure group of a fortune-teller and a girl in white glazed soft-paste porcelain, Bow Porcelain Factory, Bow, ca. 1750-1753
Physical description
Figure group of a fortune-teller and a girl in white glazed soft-paste porcelain. They stand, with the bearded man on the left bending over the outstretched right hand of the girl. He wears flowing classical draperies. Irregular rock base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 18.1cm
Conversion from the Register
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr Arthur Hurst
Object history
The design is taken from the print 'La Bonne Aventure', engraved by P. Aveline after François Boucher
Production
Modelling attributed to the 'Muses Modeller'
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Bradshaw, Peter. Bow Porcelain Figures, circa 1748-1774. 1992, fig. 42
  • Gabszewicz, Anton. Made at New Canton . English Ceramic Circle, 2000, cat. 76
  • Adams, E. and Redstone, D. Bow Porcelain. London: Faber & Faber, revised edition, 1991, pl. 70
Collection
Accession number
C.255-1940

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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