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Hercules and the Ceryneian Hind

Dateca. 1755
MediumSoft-paste porcelain
DimensionsOverall: 8 5/8 × 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 inches (21.91 × 24.13 × 19.05 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: the John S. Doud Fund
Object number2026.12
On View
Not on view
DescriptionA figure of a muscular, semi-nude bearded man reaches with his left arm to grasp a leaping deer. The figure of the man is supported by a strut in the shape of a tree stump, and both human and animal figures are anchored upon a semi-circular base adorned with vegetation.Exhibition History

The Winter Show, Park Avenue Armory, New York, January 23–February 1, 2026

Provenance

Sigmund J. (1897–1958) and Jessie W. Katz (1901–1988), New Orleans, LA, by 1958 [1];

With Antique Porcelain Company, New York, by 1966 [2]; 

With Michele Beiny, Inc., New York, by 2026;

Purchased from Michele Beiny by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2026.

NOTES:

[1] Arthur Lane, English Porcelain Figures of the 18th Century (New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1961): 116, n.6, indicates the object was in the “Katz collection,” which is more specifically identified on page 115, n.3, as the “S. Katz Collection.”

[2] See Bernard Watney, “Engravings as the Origin of Designs and Decorations in English Eighteenth-Century Ceramics,” Burlington Magazine 108, no. 761 (August 1966): 406, fig. 10.

Published References

Arthur Lane, English Porcelain Figures of the 18th Century (New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1961): 116.

Bernard Watney. “Longton Hall,” in R.J. Charleston, ed., English Porcelain, 1745–1850 (London and Toronto: Ernest Benn Limited and University of Toronto Press, 1965): 66–79: p. 75, pl 26B (ill.).

Bernard Watney. “Engravings as the Origin of Designs and Decorations in English Eighteenth-Century Ceramics,” Burlington Magazine 108, no. 761 (August 1966): 406–412: 406, fig. 10 (ill.).

Peter Bradshaw. 18th Century English Porcelain Figures, 1745–1795 (Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors Club, 1981): cat. O29, pp. 231, 309.

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