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1743-1759 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure group in soft-paste porcelain of a couple conversing. A lady with a muff is flirting with a cavalier over a pedestal. With white touches of puce, black and gold.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain
Brief description
Figure group in soft-paste porcelain of a couple conversing, Capodimonte porcelain factory, Capo di Monte, 1743-1759.
Physical description
Figure group in soft-paste porcelain of a couple conversing. A lady with a muff is flirting with a cavalier over a pedestal. With white touches of puce, black and gold.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
A fleur-de-lys (In underglaze blue)
Gallery label
(ca. 1995)
Conversing Couple
Porcelain
Mark: a fleur-de-lys, in blue
ITALY (CAPODIMONTE); 1743-1759
C.34-1932
(Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.34-1932

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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