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Figure of a Rooster Figure

This is a figure. It was probably Bow Porcelain Manufactory. It is dated ca. 1760 and we acquired it in 1926. Its medium is porcelain (probably soft paste), vitreous enamel. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane. It is credited Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane.

  • Bowl (Persia, Kashan)
  • glazed earthenware.
  • Museum purchase through gift of Georgiana L. McClellan.
  • 1956-109-2
  • Firebird Figurine
  • molded, enameled porcelain.
  • The Henry and Ludmilla Shapiro Collection; Partial gift and partial purchase....
  • 1989-41-184

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 10.4 x 11 x 6.5 cm (4 1/8 x 4 5/16 x 2 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Unmarked

It is signed

Unsigned

It is inscribed

Uninscribed

Cite this object as

Figure of a Rooster Figure; Probably Bow Porcelain Manufactory (England, GB, United Kingdom); England; porcelain (probably soft paste), vitreous enamel; H x W x D: 10.4 x 11 x 6.5 cm (4 1/8 x 4 5/16 x 2 9/16 in.); Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane; 1926-22-479

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