Pagoda Figure for Burning Perfume
Manufacturer
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
(German, founded 1710)
CultureGerman
OriginMeissen, Dresden, Germany
Datec.1715-1725, decorated in Augsburg, c.1725
MediumHard-paste porcelain with gilding
DimensionsOverall: 11 x 10.1 cm (4 5/16 x 4 in.)
MarkingsNone
DescriptionAugsburg-decorated Böttger pagoda figure of a man drinking tea and seated with his right leg raised. He is holding a teabowl and saucer, with another teabowl and saucer and teapot, and a pipe is in front of him. He is dressed in a loose, gilt patterned robe revealing his bare stomach, with a shaped base.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.721
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
German Porcelain - HausmalereiStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
1722-1725
Object number: G83.1.583
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1725-30
Object number: G12.17.1a-b
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1725-30
Object number: G12.17.2a-b
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
January 1743
Object number: G83.1.919
Artist / Maker: Höchst Porcelain Factory
c.1750-1755
Object number: G83.1.885
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1740-1741
Object number: G83.1.914
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1740-1741; decorated in the nineteenth or twentieth century
Object number: G83.1.942
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1740-1745; decorated and possibly made in the nineteenth or twentieth century
Object number: G83.1.943.1-2
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1725; decorated in Augsburg
Object number: G83.1.716
