Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom Hall

About this object

The statuette shows a scene with a woman approaching a sleeping warrior. It possibly depicts Samson and Delilah. Both are dressed in pseudo-classical costume. The woman has a loosely fitted robe painted with puce rosettes and lined with yellow. The warrior wears a cuirasse of which the upper part is in a brown and gray feather design, and the lower part is a skirt in green and red bands alternating with flowered bands. The warrior reclines on rocks and a tree stump which together with the base are painted in many colors.

Made from:

Hard-paste porcelain

Made in:

Ludwigsburg, Germany

Date made:

18th c.

Size:

19.7 × 18.1 cm (7 3/4 × 7 1/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

26.91

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK underneath: crossed C's in underglaze blue; impressed word: Ceen?

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973