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Figure of the Farnese Hercules, hard-paste porcelain, standing on a shprt square plinth across the front of which is impressed the inscription "ERCOLE. DI FARNE / SE", a standing nude male figure with curly hair and beard leaning against a pillar draped with a cloak and against which a large gnarled club is propped; left in the white and glazed.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35835
Creation/Production
Doccia Porcelain Factory
Date: 1770-1780
Acquisition
Purchase, 1/12/1959
Measurements
Height
(cm): 14.9
Length
(cm): 5.3
Width
(cm): 5.2
Height
(in): 5
Length
(in): 2
Width
(in): 2
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
glaze
Location
In store
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