Statuette
1780-1800 (made)
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Figure of Omphale holding the club of Hercules, porcelain painted in enamel colours. She is standing, her right arm (in which she holds the club) resting upon a tree-stump. She wears a white robe diapered with flowers, over a long garment striped and dotted in crimson and red, and a pink cloak, fastened at her right shoulder and upheld in her left hand. Square marbled base.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Figure of Omphale holding the club of Hercules, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, Kloster-Veilsdorf porcelain factory, Germany (Thuringia), 1780-1800 |
| Physical description | Figure of Omphale holding the club of Hercules, porcelain painted in enamel colours. She is standing, her right arm (in which she holds the club) resting upon a tree-stump. She wears a white robe diapered with flowers, over a long garment striped and dotted in crimson and red, and a pink cloak, fastened at her right shoulder and upheld in her left hand. Square marbled base. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by William Melven, Esq. |
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| Accession number | C.404-1919 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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