Figure
ca. 1777 (made)
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Seated figure of a man, hard-paste porcelain. The slightly domed, moulded base is decorated with gilding and two enamelled flower clusters. It supports a grey rock pile on which sits the figure of a young man facing three quarters left and holding a bird in his left hand whilst supporting himself on the rock with his right. The man wears a speckled puce jacket above knee breeches in puce spotted in white. His calves and feet are bare. His white shirt is open to mid chest and he sports a green hat trimmed in gold. Flesh and hair are painted in natural colours.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Seated figure of a man, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamel colours and gilt, Marieberg Factory, Sweden, ca. 1777 |
| Physical description | Seated figure of a man, hard-paste porcelain. The slightly domed, moulded base is decorated with gilding and two enamelled flower clusters. It supports a grey rock pile on which sits the figure of a young man facing three quarters left and holding a bird in his left hand whilst supporting himself on the rock with his right. The man wears a speckled puce jacket above knee breeches in puce spotted in white. His calves and feet are bare. His white shirt is open to mid chest and he sports a green hat trimmed in gold. Flesh and hair are painted in natural colours. |
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| Object history | The companion figure of a girl is illustrated in Carl Hernmark Marieberg, 1946, p. 174, pl. 109 and a similar male figure ex coll. Simon Goldblatt, Sotheby, 2 May, 1956, Lot 139, which has a basket at the feet of the figure. |
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| Accession number | C.21-1978 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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