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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