Group
ca. 1760 (made)
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Group of a bear baited by dogs, glazed white hard-paste porcelain. Flat, oval base, with crescent-shaped slices cut from the edge. A bear, seated to right, with head turned to the front, clasps a dog round the neck with its right fore-paw, pulling it backwards on its haunches, its left forepaw rests on the haunch of another dog, prostrate to the right, and a third attacks it from behind.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, glazed |
| Brief description | Group of a bear baited by dogs, glazed white hard-paste porcelain, modelled by Franz Anton Bustelli, Nymphenburg porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1760 |
| Physical description | Group of a bear baited by dogs, glazed white hard-paste porcelain. Flat, oval base, with crescent-shaped slices cut from the edge. A bear, seated to right, with head turned to the front, clasps a dog round the neck with its right fore-paw, pulling it backwards on its haunches, its left forepaw rests on the haunch of another dog, prostrate to the right, and a third attacks it from behind. |
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| Accession number | C.794-1936 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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