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TWO MEN IN FANCY COSTUME

Creator(s): Miklashevskii Factory (Manufacturer)

On view in: Passageway to Icon Room


About this object

A pair of glazed porcelain figures. Two men in fancy costume stand on a platform, each near a tree stump. Platform is mottled in greys, green and yellow while the edge is gilded. Man at left wears a black hat with a plume in various colors. Jacket is dark brown lined with green. Gloves are green. From yellow belt hangs a bag or sack shaped like a face. Trousers are blue and boots are yellow. His left hand rests on a gold sword and his right holds a brown stick. Figure on the right has a grey wig. He is in court costume and holds a perfume bottle to his nose. Jacket is blue trimmed with yellow lace. Waistcoat is Chinese red. Trousers are grey blue, stockings white and slippers blue. He holds a black tricorn hat in his left hand.

Object name:
TWO MEN IN FANCY COSTUME
Made from:
Porcelain
Made in:
Volokitino, Ukraine
Date made:
1838-1861
Size:
25.4 × 18.1 cm (10 × 7 1/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
25.182
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK in red underneath: AA
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973