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 playing a lute, and leaning to the left as she plays. She is wearing a small gold crown, a blue decollete dress which is off her left shoulder, and a brown slit underskirt with white flowered medallions. She has bare legs and feet. She stands on a white base decorated 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:

18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

26.119.5

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK MARK gold anchor for Chelsea (fake) [at back of lower edge]

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973