Bacchus
Modeler
Johann Friedrich Eberlein
(German, 1696 - 1749)
Manufacturer
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
(German, founded in 1710)
Date1745
MediumPorcelain
DimensionsOverall: 10 7/8 × 4 5/8 × 3 5/8 inches (27.62 × 11.75 × 9.21 cm)
Credit LineGift of Donald W. Loncasty Jr. in memory of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Reynolds
Object number2000.16
MarkingsMaker's mark in blue on base at back.
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DescriptionA porcelain sculpture on a small rectangular base that is white with gold edging. It depicts a standing male figure, nude except for a belt of green grape vine with bunches of purple grapes hanging off it, and a wreath of green grapes and vine in his hair. The figure's left arm is raised as he holds a cup up to his open mouth. His legs are crossed and he leans against a tree stump with his right forearm. At his feet is a bunch of green grapes and a bunch of purple grapes. To the left of the tree stump is a barrel laying on its side with a satyr sitting on it. The satyr is drinking from a cup held in its left hand. Hanging from the barrel are bunches of green grapes.
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