Seated Man playing a Pipe
Factory: Kloster Veilsdorf Porcelain Factory
Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels
Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and painted in green, pale gren, pale yellow, flesh pink, red, reddish-brown, buff, and black enamels. The flat, unglazed underside has a circula ventilation hole in the centre. The figure is supported on a roughly rectangular mound painted in pale green and brown. He has his right leg stretched out and his left bent, and plays a pipe which he holds in both hands. He has greyish-black hair in a bunch at the nape of his neck, and wears aa black neck tie, a pale yellow hat with the broad brim turned up on his right side, a white waistcoat with green edges and pocket flaps, a green jacked, pale yellow breeches, white stockings and red shoes. A pale buff bag is slung on a strap across his body from his right shoulder.
History note: Unknown before donor
Given by H.E. Backer
Depth: 10.3 cm
Height: 11 cm
Width: 5.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1946-05-15) by Backer, H.E.
18th Century, Late
Circa
1770
CE
-
1775
CE
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( green, pale gren, pale yellow, flesh pink, red, reddish-brown and black)
Visible Surfaces
feldspathic presumed
Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
Press-moulding : Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and painted in green, pale gren, pale yellow, flesh pink, red, reddish-brown and black enamels
Accession number: EC.10-1946
Primary reference Number: 169663
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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Accession Number: PD.401-1963
Accession Number: C.20-1993
£3.00
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