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Group of a Chinese Horseman Attacked by Wolves

Made by: Nymphenburg Manufactory (Germany)
Possibly modeled by: Franz Anton Bustelli (1723–1763)
German
About 1766–67
Object Place: Germany

Medium/Technique Hard-paste porcelain with enamel decoration
Dimensions Height: 26 cm (10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.969
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionThe man in black foliate hat, his shirt with blue rosettes and patterned puce borders, his iron-red trousers with rosettes on a dappled gray horse, the leopard naturally decorated.
Marks Impressed shield mark, F and DI
ProvenanceM. H. Graham Vivian. December 10, 1954, sale, Sotheby's & Co., lot 63. Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger, New York.