Advanced Search 
Figure of Summer
Made by: Höchst Manufactory (Germany)
German
1750–53
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Height: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.1051
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionModelled as a seated child, holding a yellow sheaf in pale blue loin cloth.
Marks
Brown wheel mark and painter's mark of Johann Zechinger.
ProvenanceBy 1925, Adolf Beckhardt (b. 1890 - d. 1962), Frankfurt and New York [see note 1]. Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger, New York; 2006, bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 26, 2006)
NOTES:
[1] He lent this to the exhibition "Höchster Porzellan" (Mainz, 1925), cat. no. 46.
NOTES:
[1] He lent this to the exhibition "Höchster Porzellan" (Mainz, 1925), cat. no. 46.