Bacchus
Statuette
ca. 1781-1800 (made)
ca. 1781-1800 (made)
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Figure of Bacchus, of biscuit porcelain, very slightly glazed. Standing figure wearing a lion-skin thrown over the shoulders, buskins and a wreath and girdle of vine, with grapes and foliage. The right hand is raised, and holds a bunch of grapes; a cup is missing from the left hand. The figure is supported by a tree-stump on a circular base.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Bacchus |
| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain (biscuit) |
| Brief description | Figure of Bacchus, probably modelled by Doell, hard-paste porcelain (biscuit); Germany, Thuringia, Gotha, ca. 1781-1800. |
| Physical description | Figure of Bacchus, of biscuit porcelain, very slightly glazed. Standing figure wearing a lion-skin thrown over the shoulders, buskins and a wreath and girdle of vine, with grapes and foliage. The right hand is raised, and holds a bunch of grapes; a cup is missing from the left hand. The figure is supported by a tree-stump on a circular base. |
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| Credit line | Given by R. A. P. Davision, Esq. |
| Production | Probably modelled by Friedrich Wilhelm Eugen Doell (1750-1816), court sculptor to Duke Ernst II von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg, a pupil of J.A. Houdon, Paris. |
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| Accession number | 717-1908 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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