Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Figure

middle of 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels of a woman with a dog. She stands with the dog on her left arm. She wears a black bodice, green skirt, lilac-flowered cloak tied with a red bow at the neck, black hat and yellow shoes. Green rock base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Figure in soft-paste porcelain of a woman with a dog, Capodimonte porcelain factory, Capo di Monte, middle of 18th century.
Physical description
Figure in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels of a woman with a dog. She stands with the dog on her left arm. She wears a black bodice, green skirt, lilac-flowered cloak tied with a red bow at the neck, black hat and yellow shoes. Green rock base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.7cm
Gallery label
Woman with a Dog Porcelain ITALY (CAPODIMONTE); middle of 18th century Arthur Hurst Bequest C.161-1940 (Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr Arthur Hurst
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.161-1940

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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