STATUETTE OF A WOMAN, ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom Hall
About this object
The statuette represents a woman. She could represent summer from a set of seasons, or bread from a pair representing bread and wine. She is tall and thin. She is nude except for a flowing drapery which is white with scattered flowers, and lined with mauve pink. On her head is a band of white stalks. A bunch of wheat stalks is cradled in her raised right arm, and is tied with a sickle. In her left hand are some short wheat stalks, below which is a tall white rococo vase topped by green leaves. This supports the figure which stands on a high rococo base. The base is decorated with applied scattered leaves, blue flowers, a cabbage and a melon.
- Object name:
- STATUETTE OF A WOMAN, ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamel decoration, gold
- Made in:
- Meissen, Germany
- Date made:
- about 1760
- Size:
- H. 9 × W. 4 × D. 4 in. (22.9 × 10.2 × 10.2 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 26.81.1
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK underneath in underglaze blue: crossed swords of Meissen
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973