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 holding an oval basket of fruit against her right hip. Her left arm is thrown out for balance. She is wearing a small gold crown, a rose red decollete dress off her right shoulder, and a draped yellow skirt with yellow medallions containing flowers. She is barefoot. Behind her is a white and pale green tree stump for support. She stands on a white base 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:
- 18.7 cm (7 3/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 26.119.4
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK MARK gold anchor for Chelsea (fake) [at back of lower edge]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973