figure of a woodnymph
Summary
Public: Figure of a woodnymph, hard paste porcelain, standing on a pedestal base decorated in enamel colours and gilt. Private: Figure of a woodnymph, hard paste porcelain. The figure has the body of a woman, with long hair and pointed ears, and the legs of a goat; she carries a hunting horn in her left hand and wears a goat skin draped around her body. On a tall, square-sectioned pedestal base moulded with a hunting horn and pan pipes on the front, the underside flat. Pained in black, brown, green, puce and iron red enamel colours and gilt. Left hand repaired.
Object Name
figure of a woodnymph
Creators Name
Date Created
c.1765
accession number
1984.752
Collection Group
Place of creation
Meissen
Medium
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