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Dateca. 1760s
Label TextA model example of chinoiserie, the white figure embodies all the exotic features: elaborate Asian-style garments and headgear, and long drooping mustaches.
Object number87.142.75
Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe", February 17, 2000-May 7, 2000 (2/17/2000 - 5/7/2000)Published ReferencesEmerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe", Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 204
Credit LineDorothy Condon Falknor Collection of European Ceramics
Dimensions8 x 4 5/8 x 3 1/4 in. (19.69 x 11.75 x 8.26 cm)
MediumSoft paste porcelain
Photo: Paul Macapia
French, Mennecy
ca. 1750-60
Object number: 98.33
Figure of hunter
ca. 1775
Object number: 76.243
Photo: Paul Macapia
ca. 1740
Object number: 87.142.26
Figure of a youth
ca. 1752-58
Object number: 87.142.64
Photo: Paul Macapia
Bow Porcelain Manufactory, London, England
ca. 1750
Object number: 69.396.1
Heron
Bow Porcelain Manufactory, London, England
ca. 1750
Object number: 69.396.2
Young boy
English, Chelsea
ca. 1746
Object number: 76.241.1
Young boy
English, Chelsea
ca. 1746
Object number: 76.241.2
Gardener with a dibble
French, Vincennes
ca. 1755
Object number: 61.102.1
Gardener with vase
French, Vincennes
ca. 1754-55
Object number: 61.102.2
Oberon and Cynthia
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
1766-73
Object number: 65.70