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Figure
Figure group emblematic of the element Earth, comprising a standing bare-foot female figure, holding a cornucopia of fruit in her right hand and with her left hand extended. She is dressed in a loose robe striped with border of puce and dotted green, painted with flowers and foliage in red, purple and gold, and in a green cloak lined with yellow and with a red hood. Behind her is a recumbant lion, naturalistically painted in reddish-brown. The domed base, on four scrolling feet, painted in green and puce, and gilded.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30064
Creation/Production
Bow Porcelain Works
Date: 1765-1775 ca
Acquisition
Bequest, 13/10/1951
Measurements
Height
(cm): 22.8
Length
(cm): 12.5
Width
(cm): 9.5
Height
(in): 9
Length
(in): 4
Width
(in): 3
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
painted
decoration
Applied Art
enamels
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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