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Figure of Ragonda
Made by: Höchst Manufactory (Germany)
Modeled by: Johann Christoph Ludwig von Lücke (German, about 1703–1780)
Modeled by: Johann Christoph Ludwig von Lücke (German, about 1703–1780)
German
about 1752
Object Place: Germany
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain with enamel decoration
Dimensions
Height: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.869
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionHer right foot forward and her head slightly turned in yellow-braided puce hate, yellow braided blue bodice, puce-lined green skirt edged in yellow and blue-edged yellow skirt.
Marks
incised IG mark
ProvenanceOtto Blohm (b. 1870 - d. 1944) and Magdalena Blohm (b. 1879 - d. 1950), Hamburg, Caracas, and New York [see note 1]; 1949, sold by Mrs. Blohm to Edward M. Pflueger (b. 1905 - d. 1997) and Kiyi Powers Pflueger (b. 1915 - d. 2006), New York [see note 2]; 2006, bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 26, 2006)
NOTES:
[1] Robert Schmidt, Early European Porcelain as Collected by Otto Blohm (Munich, 1953), p. 133, cat. no. 170, pl. 49. [2] Lent to the "European Porcelain: A Special Exhibition," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, March 18-May 15, 1949, cat. no. 201.
NOTES:
[1] Robert Schmidt, Early European Porcelain as Collected by Otto Blohm (Munich, 1953), p. 133, cat. no. 170, pl. 49. [2] Lent to the "European Porcelain: A Special Exhibition," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, March 18-May 15, 1949, cat. no. 201.