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ca. 1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of Columbine of hard-paste porcelain. She is standing, a mask in her left hand, her right hand upraised, wearing a black jacket and white apron over a skirt striped in pink, green and pale brown. Rococo-scrolled base picked out in crimson.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels
Brief description
Figure of Columbine, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, modelled by Anton Karl Luplau, made by Fürstenberg Porcelain, Fürstenberg, Germany, ca. 1775.
Physical description
Figure of Columbine of hard-paste porcelain. She is standing, a mask in her left hand, her right hand upraised, wearing a black jacket and white apron over a skirt striped in pink, green and pale brown. Rococo-scrolled base picked out in crimson.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • '7' in blue
  • '282 / 3' incised
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Murray Bequest
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Jansen, Reinhard Commedia dell'arte: Fest der Komödianten. Stuttgart: Arnoldsche, 2001, Cat. no. 125, p. 126.
  • Honey, W. B. German porcelain London: Faber and Faber, 1947, Pl. 51A, p. 24.
Collection
Accession number
C.121-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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