Figure of a Woman in an Arbor
Modeler
Laurentius Russinger
(German, 1739 - 1810)
Date1760-1765
MediumHard-paste porcelain; enamelled and gilded
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/2 inches (13.97 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: the Caroline N. Berkowitz Fund
Object numberF79-10
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DescriptionExquisitely modelled figure of a lady seated in an arbor, wearing a long-flowing white robe patterned with iron-red floral sparys, a pink apron outlined in pale green, and yellow shoes; a black choker at her neck. The arbor of rococo scrolls, heightened with puce and gilt. The lady admiring herself in a small mirror held in the left hand. A black tricorn hat lies at her feet on the grassy-mounded base. The edges of the shaped base moulded with rococo scrolls outlined in puce and gilt.
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