STATUETTE OF A WOMAN, ONE OF FIVE
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Adam Bedroom
About this object
The statuette shows a young woman standing. She is holding on her right hand a bird with outspread wings, and against her left hip she holds a white footed vessel. She is wearing a small crown, a yellow dress with scattered flowers and deep slits revealing bare legs, and a piece of rust red drapery over right hip. She is looking upwards. At her feet is a white dog with brown spots who forms support at the back. She stands on a white and pale green base with rococo scrolls touched with gold.
- Object name:
- STATUETTE OF A WOMAN, ONE OF FIVE
- Made from:
- Hard paste porcelain
- Made in:
- EUROPE
- Date made:
- ca. 1840
- Size:
- 18.7 cm (7 3/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 26.119.3
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK gold anchor for Chelsea (fake) [at back of lower edge]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973