Figure
ca. 1760 (made)
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Figure of a woman holding a flask, after a European porcelain original. She stands on a low, shaped base with rococo mouldings coloured green, leaning with right foot forward and body twisted to pour from a flask raised in her left hand, the raised right hand broken off at the wrist. Her robe is crimson, worn in a decolleté fashion and swept to one side by a clasp below the waist.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels |
| Brief description | Figure of a woman holding a flask, after a European porcelain original, porcelain painted in overglaze enamels; China, Qing dynasty, ca. 1760 |
| Physical description | Figure of a woman holding a flask, after a European porcelain original. She stands on a low, shaped base with rococo mouldings coloured green, leaning with right foot forward and body twisted to pour from a flask raised in her left hand, the raised right hand broken off at the wrist. Her robe is crimson, worn in a decolleté fashion and swept to one side by a clasp below the waist. |
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| Credit line | Basil Ionides Bequest |
| Production | label |
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| Accession number | C.102-1963 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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