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Bust

ca. 1761 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bust of a little girl, head turned and inclined to the right, her hair bound in a blue ribbon and decorated with a yellow feathered tulip and a purple red-centred flower with green leaves; purple frilled collar and white lace corsage. The pedestal is four-lobed and is decorated with wavy yellow scrolls above flame-like rococo foliation picked out in red, green, yellow, blue and purple, and oval "slits" similarly coloured.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
Brief description
Bust of a litte girl, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, from a model by Franz Anton Bustelli, Nymphenburg porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1761
Physical description
Bust of a little girl, head turned and inclined to the right, her hair bound in a blue ribbon and decorated with a yellow feathered tulip and a purple red-centred flower with green leaves; purple frilled collar and white lace corsage. The pedestal is four-lobed and is decorated with wavy yellow scrolls above flame-like rococo foliation picked out in red, green, yellow, blue and purple, and oval "slits" similarly coloured.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
A shield with the arms of Bavaria and '3' (Impressed on a scroll of the pedestal)
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Murray Bequest
Production
From a model by Franz Anton Bustelli
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.30-1933

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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