Figure
ca. 1770 (made)
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Figure of a woman, hard-paste porcelain. She is standing, her left arm up-raised to avoid a dog (missing from the group), her left arm resting on a tree stump over which is hanging a green fur-edged wallet and a brace of dead game-birds. She is wearing a jacket (with green cuffs) skirt, of dull fawn-collar diapered with dull green flowers; three-cornered hat and black shoes; over her left shoulder is hung a flask on a black strap. Very slightly mounded oval base coloured with patches of grey and violet.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Figure of a woman, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, Zürich faience and porcelain factory, Switzerland, ca. 1770 |
| Physical description | Figure of a woman, hard-paste porcelain. She is standing, her left arm up-raised to avoid a dog (missing from the group), her left arm resting on a tree stump over which is hanging a green fur-edged wallet and a brace of dead game-birds. She is wearing a jacket (with green cuffs) skirt, of dull fawn-collar diapered with dull green flowers; three-cornered hat and black shoes; over her left shoulder is hung a flask on a black strap. Very slightly mounded oval base coloured with patches of grey and violet. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Z' in underglaze blue |
| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the Murray Bequest |
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| Accession number | C.411-1926 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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