FIGURINE OF A SWORDSMAN, ONE OF FOUR
Creator(s): Ginori Factory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom Hall
About this object
This statuette shows a man playing the guitar. He has a brown beard, and is wearing a black hat with a long visor, a green cape lined in yellow, a blue sleeveless overblouse with gold dots, a white shirt with green cuffs, a dark red tunic, pink and gold striped trousers, and black toeless slippers. He bends forward at the waist and lifts his left leg. He leans on a green tree stump for support which is covered with leaves and three flowers. This rests on a green square base which has white sides decorated with gold scrollwork.
- Object name:
- FIGURINE OF A SWORDSMAN, ONE OF FOUR
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Doccia, Italy
- Date made:
- Late 19th c.
- Size:
- 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 26.143.3
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK N topped with crown with five points [underneath in underglaze blue]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973