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

Figure

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

Figure in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels of a nude female, representing Summer. Her left hand is upraised, and the right holds yellow drapery which falls in heavy folds on the ground. Stalks of corn on the ground. Small circular base with a red-brown base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Figure in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels of a nude female, representing Summer, probably Höchst porcelain factory, Höchst, late 18th century
Physical description
Figure in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels of a nude female, representing Summer. Her left hand is upraised, and the right holds yellow drapery which falls in heavy folds on the ground. Stalks of corn on the ground. Small circular base with a red-brown base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.3cm
Credit line
Given by Lt.-Col. F.R. Durham
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.64-1927

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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