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Figure

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a man attacked by a dog, hard-paste porcelain. He is standing, his right arm upraised, with his left hand pulling his coat-tail from the mouth of a white and grey dappled dog which stands on his right. He is wearing a dull green jacket and knee-breeches, gilt-flowered yellow waistcoat, green hemispherical brim, white stockings and black shoes. The dog has a red collar. Very slightly mounded oval base, coloured green and brown with tree stump and dull green foliage moulded and applied.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
Brief description
Figure of a man attacked by a dog, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, Zürich faience and porcelain factory, Switzerland, ca. 1770
Physical description
Figure of a man attacked by a dog, hard-paste porcelain. He is standing, his right arm upraised, with his left hand pulling his coat-tail from the mouth of a white and grey dappled dog which stands on his right. He is wearing a dull green jacket and knee-breeches, gilt-flowered yellow waistcoat, green hemispherical brim, white stockings and black shoes. The dog has a red collar. Very slightly mounded oval base, coloured green and brown with tree stump and dull green foliage moulded and applied.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Z' in underglaze blue
  • '4' incised
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Murray Bequest
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.410-1926

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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