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Three Classical Figures
Factory: Cozzi Porcelain Factory
Glazed hard-paste porcelain
Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded and glazed; the underside is glazed and has three rectangular holes cut into it, two of which are ventilation holes for the figures above them. The base is circular with straight sides decorated in relief with a rectangular meander border, with four-petalled flowers and rosettes in the spaces. The top is rocky and uneven. On one side there is a woman in classical costume standing beside a male nude wearing a fig leaf, who stands in front of a tree stump. Each figure has their outer hand extended to the side. A female caryatid stands with her back to them, raising her left hand.
History note: Puttick & Simpson, London, 8 October, 1920, part of lot 124; purchased with another piece in the lot for 3 guineas, i.e. about £1.11s. 6d. each, by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 17.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Dynasty, Late
Circa
1780
CE
-
1800
CE
The arrangement of the three figures so that the group can be viewed from both sides, suggests that it was intended to be used as a table ornament. It seems unlikely that it represents the Choice of Hercules as suggested by Rackham, because the nude male figure has no club or lion skin. All three figures were modelled are after classical marbles: the Zingara, the Capitoline Antinous, and a Caryatid from the Villa Albani (See Documentation).
Base Diameter 11.6 cm
clear
Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
Press-moulding
: Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded in parts, and glazed
Glazing
Accession number: C.3217-1928
Primary reference Number: 74514
Old object number: 3807
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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