Boy after a Chinese Original
Manufacturer
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
(German, founded 1710)
CultureGerman
OriginMeissen, Dresden, Germany
PeriodAugustus II (1694-1733)
Dateca.1730
MediumHard-paste porcelain with underglaze blue, overglaze enamels
DimensionsOverall: 12 x 7.7 x 7 cm (4 3/4 x 3 1/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
MarkingsCrossed swords in underglaze blue
DescriptionMeissen figure of a Chinese boy, holding a flower in his right hand, painted in a famille verte palette with scroll top knot and tunic with blue chest plate tied with a waist band.
Credit LineGift of Helen E. Gardiner
Object numberG08.7.25
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
German PorcelainStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
April or May 1738
Object number: G83.1.910
Artist / Maker: Johann Joachim Kändler
ca.1736-40
Object number: G83.1.901
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1740-1741; decorated in the nineteenth or twentieth century
Object number: G83.1.942
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1725-30
Object number: G12.17.1a-b
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1725-30
Object number: G12.17.2a-b
Artist / Maker: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1760-1765
Object number: G83.1.863
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1729-1731
Object number: G83.1.624
