BR69.231: Figure of Autumn
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- BR69.231
- People
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Modelled for Höchst by Johann Gottfried Becker
After a Meissen original by Johann Joachim Kändler, German (Fischbach 1706-1775 Meissen)
Manufactured by Höchst Porcelain Manufactory, German (founded 1746)
- Title
- Figure of Autumn
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- figurine, sculpture
- Date
- 1755
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Höchst
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/222738
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamel decoration, and gilding
- Dimensions
- 15 cm (5 7/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- manufacturer's mark: Underlined 6-spoked wheel [manufacturer's mark] in overglaze red under base. Incised: I G : M
- label: BRM inventory sticker, 1969.231, under base.
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Adolf Beckhardt.
Mr. and Mrs. H.G. Terwilliger, Gift to HUAM, 1969.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. Graves Terwilliger
- Accession Year
- 1969
- Object Number
- BR69.231
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Kurt Röder, Das Höchster Porzellan auf der Jahrtausend-Ausstellung in Mainz 1925, exh. cat., L. Wilckens (Mainz, 1930), cat. no. 80, pp.25-26, pl. 15C
Exhibition History
- A Taste of Power: 18th-Century German Porcelain for the Table, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 03/29/2008 - 06/30/2008
Verification Level
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