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ca. 1770 (made)
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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.
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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. |
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Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the Murray Bequest |
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Accession number | C.410-1926 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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