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Lady playing a hurdy-gurdy

Made at: Ludwigsburg Manufactory (Germany)
German
about 1770
Object Place: Europe, Germany

Medium/Technique Porcelain
Dimensions 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Jessie and Sigmund Katz Collection
Accession Number54.688
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionStanding barefoot on green base with stump. Pale skirt striped in blue with lines of blue floral pattern. Red and green edging on lavender lined white coat. Blue band, peach facing on white hat. Instrument dotted and striped in brown. Mark in underglaze blue and loop in red on bottom.
ProvenanceSigmund J. Katz (b. 1897 - d. 1958) and Jessie W. (Mrs. Sigmund J.) Katz (b. 1901 - d. 1988), Covington, LA; 1954, gift of Jessie and Sigmund Katz to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 10, 1954)