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figure group

human history
  • Other Name

    Sevres

  • Description

    figure group

    Made from porcelain and glaze. The sculpture depicts a man and woman in loose robes with child on the shoulders of the man. The male, female, and child have satchels over their shoulders, at their feet are grapes and leaves. The figures are on a circular base that is coloured gold with designs of blue flowers and scrolls. A concave underside and an airhole hole in underside. Handpainted inside the base is a letter K with crossed V above E, in blue

  • Place
    [Germany]
  • Accession Number
    1938.213
  • Accession Date
    1938
  • Other Id

    24252 (ethnology)

    K364 (ceramic)

  • Department

    Applied Arts and Design

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  • figure group, 1938.213, 24252, K364, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure group, 1938.213, 24252, K364, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure group, 1938.213, 24252, K364, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure group, 1938.213, 24252, K364, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure group, 1938.213, 24252, K364, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure group, 1938.213, 24252, K364, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure group, 1938.213, 24252, K364, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure group, 1938.213, 24252, K364, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure group, 1938.213, 24252, K364, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure group, 1938.213, 24252, K364, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure group, 1938.213, 24252, K364, © Auckland Museum CC BY
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  • ornament

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