Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Figure group

Unknown (Modeller)

Figure group, hard-paste porcelain with a thick creamy glaze, in the form of a large Chinese pagoda built around an outcrop of rock, staircases wind around two sides of the outcrop and there are balconies and pavillions on two levels, placed around the building are five Chinese figures: a figure holding a basket of fruit at the base, a figure playing a mandolin on one staircase, a figure holding a jug on the other, a female figure holding a bunch of flowers on the lower balcony and a reclining figure on the upper balcony, in addition there is a figure of a seated dog, the base moulded with rocks, large flower heads and scrolls; left in the white and glazed.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 36570

Creation/Production

Role: Production
Role: Factory
Role: Production
Role: Modeller
Place: Germany
Place: Frankenthal, Germany
Period: 19th century (mid)

Acquisition

Gift, 29/3/1926

Measurements

Height (cm): 35.8
Length (cm): 29
Width (cm): 23
Height (in): 14
Length (in): 11
Width (in): 9

Techniques

Press-moulded
Forming
Applied Art
Assembled
Forming
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art

Material

Hard-paste porcelain

Location

On Display

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