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Figure group (Elephant, soldiers and blackamoor)
Meissen porcelain factory
1840-1860
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Meissen porcelain factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Dresden; Saxony; Germany; Europe
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
Museum Object Number
2001.0003.004.001 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Alice Braunfeld
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Object Number
2001.0003.004.001 A, B
Object Name
Figure group (Elephant, soldiers and blackamoor)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Meissen porcelain factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Dresden; Saxony; Germany; Europe
Date
1840-1860
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Base, underside
Inscription: Painted underglaze blue dotted-crossed-swords mark
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Military
- Hannibal
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
Techniques
- Molded
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
15.394 (H) x 6.654 (W) x 14.094 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
39.1 (H) x 16.9 (W) x 35.8 (L)
Measurement Notes
Overall measurement of figures
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Catalogue: 2007 Christie's (sales catalogue).
• Very similar model with different painted details: September 18, 2007 (South Kensington, London) sale, lot 692, late 19th century, blue crossed swords mark, incised 15, PRESSNUMMER 70Catalogue: Sotheby's (auction catalogue).
• Similar model with different figural arrangement at top and different painted details: October 8, 2004 (NYC) sale, lot 62, Meissen, 1850-1900, with underglaze blue crossed swords and impressed 15 marks.Book: You, Yao-Fen. 2016 Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate: Consuming the World.
• Eighteenth-century version, differing in details, on ormulu base: p. 27, no. 16, "Sultan Riding an Elephant," Meissen, c. 1749