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Figure of a Bulgarian Girl
Made at: Meissen Manufactory (Germany)
Probably modeled by: Johann Joachim Kändler (German, 1706–1775)
Probably modeled by: Peter Reinicke (German, 1715–1768)
After: Jean-Baptiste Haussard (French, 1679/80–1749)
Probably modeled by: Johann Joachim Kändler (German, 1706–1775)
Probably modeled by: Peter Reinicke (German, 1715–1768)
After: Jean-Baptiste Haussard (French, 1679/80–1749)
German
about 1750
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration
Dimensions
Overall: 21.9 cm (8 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2063
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionFigure of a Persian woman with conical hat, cream coat with yellow ribbons, rose colored skirt, yellow slippers, right forearm bent upward, left hand on hip, flowers in relief on white base.
Marks
crossed swords in underglaze blue on back (indistinct)
ProvenanceOctober 26, 1944, sold by Jas. A. Lewis and Son, New York, to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)