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Manufactured by: Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, Austria, Vienna (Austrian)
Austrian (Vienna)
1804
Object Place: Sorgenthal Period
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration
Dimensions
Overall: 3.3 x 24.6 cm (1 5/16 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2113
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics
DescriptionCenter painting on black round reserve, cupid riding dragon in wheeled tub, surrounded by outer gilt scroll work on indian red, flanked by rims of blue and gilding, mounted in picture frame.
Marks
Shield in underglaze blue; impressed year mark 804; A/805. in red enamel; 99 on paper label.
ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)