Boy playing a pipe
Figure
ca. 1765-ca. 1770 (made)
ca. 1765-ca. 1770 (made)
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Tin-glazed earthenware figure of a boy playing a pipe, painted in colours
Object details
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| Title | Boy playing a pipe (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours |
| Brief description | Tin-glazed earthenware figure of a boy playing a pipe, painted in colours, Niderviller pottery and porcelain factory, France, about 1765-1770 |
| Physical description | Tin-glazed earthenware figure of a boy playing a pipe, painted in colours |
| Gallery label | Gallery 128 Decant 2003
The model for this figure has been attributed to Paul-Louis Cyfflé (1704-1806).(07/06/2004) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Stuart G. Davis |
| Object history | Acquisition type: Bequest |
| Production | Illustrated by Arthur Lane in French Faïence, 1948, pl. 82D, where dated to about 1770-84 and where the figures is said to be after a model by Cyfflé. For another, dated about 1765-70, see Chefs-d'Ouvre de la Faïence du Musée de Saint-Omer, 1988, cat. 240. |
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| Accession number | C.265-1951 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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