FIGURINE OF HEBE
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: French Drawing Room
About this object
Partially draped young woman holding a cup in one hand and a ewer in the other represents Hebe, the cupbearer to the gods. The base is in green porphyry and ormolu.
- Object name:
- FIGURINE OF HEBE
- Made from:
- Biscuit porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- after 1767
- Size:
- H. 7 1/2 in.
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.165
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK B incised mark on back (Brachard, Jean-Charles-Nicolas, aîné, 1782-1824)
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973