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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Figure

1760-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a European gardener, after a figure in German porcelain; porcelain, painted in enamel colours. He leans forward, given support by a tree-trunk, holding in each hand an indistinct object, perhaps originally a stick and triangle.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in enamel colours
Brief description
Figure of a European gardener, after a figure in German porcelain, porcelain painted in enamel colours; China, Qing dynasty
Physical description
Figure of a European gardener, after a figure in German porcelain; porcelain, painted in enamel colours. He leans forward, given support by a tree-trunk, holding in each hand an indistinct object, perhaps originally a stick and triangle.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.2cm
Styles
Credit line
Basil Ionides Bequest
Production
label
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Hofmann, Friedrich Hermann. Frankenthaler porzellan. München: F. Bruckmann a.g., 1911, Vol. II, No. 600
Collection
Accession number
C.15-1951

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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