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

Two Bacchic Putti Fighting

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

Porcelain figure group with two naked Bacchic putti fighting over a bunch of grapes; one, draped in a purple sash, is standing and pulling the hair of the other who kneels next to him.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleTwo Bacchic Putti Fighting (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
Brief description
Porcelain figure group of two Bacchic Putti Fighting, Strasbourg porcelain factory, France, ca. 1775
Physical description
Porcelain figure group with two naked Bacchic putti fighting over a bunch of grapes; one, draped in a purple sash, is standing and pulling the hair of the other who kneels next to him.
Marks and inscriptions
dotted 'I' and 'H' in monogram over 'G22' and 'F' (all impressed)
Credit line
Given by J. H. Fitzhenry
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
W. B. Honey, French Porcelain (1950 and 1972), pl. 92A, where dated to about 1775
Collection
Accession number
C.540-1909

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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