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Seated Figure (pagoda)
Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, c. 1730 - c. 1735
Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur model attributed to Johann Joachim Kändler (1706–1775) Meissen, c. 1730–1735 hard-paste porcelain
- Artwork typefigure
- Object numberBK-17480
- Dimensionsheight 10.8 cm
- Physical characteristicsporselein
Identification
Title(s)
Seated Figure (pagoda)
Object type
Object number
BK-17480
Description
Figuur van beschilderd porselein. Het beeld stelt een zittende (vrouwelijke?) figuur voor. De figuur zit op een geschulpte en ingesnoerde voet. De benen zijn opgetrokken en de rechterhand rust op de rechterknie. In de rechterhand houdt de figuur een pijp vast. De figuur draagt een paars kleed met donkerpaarse rozetten, een groene voering en een witte, geschulpte kraag. Het beeld is gemerkt.
Inscriptions / marks
factory mark
Creation
Creation
- porcelain company: Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, Meissen
- porseleinmodelleur: attributed to Johann Joachim Kändler, Meissen
Dating
c. 1730 - c. 1735
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Material and technique
Physical description
porselein
Dimensions
height 10.8 cm
Acquisition and rights
Copyright
Provenance
…; sale, Ernest Joseph Cassel (1852-1921), London (Puttick and Simpson), 25 May 1932 sqq., no. 551; …; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, 1936;{Von Falke 1936, p. 297, no. Po.135.} purchased from his estate, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960
Remarks
Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
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