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Source Description
"The Allegory of Sight" is originally from a series of statuettes representing the personification of the five senses.These statuettes exhibit the masterly sculptural quality of Meissen porcelain between 1733 and 1775 when J. J. Kändler served as a chief modeler.
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12133
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Allegory of Sight
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title
Allegory of Sight
description
"The Allegory of Sight" is originally from a series of statuettes representing the personification of the five senses.These statuettes exhibit the masterly sculptural quality of Meissen porcelain between 1733 and 1775 when J. J. Kändler served as a chief modeler.
provenance
King Collection; Jacques Seligmann, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1733-1740
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CC0
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en
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Ceramics
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import
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11 3/16 in. (28.4 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
crossed swords in blue
RelatedObjects
10875
6559
25756
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gilt on hard paste porcelain with glaze and paint
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