Woman figure

Dateca. 1745

MediumStoneware, salt-glazed with brown

DimensionsH: 7 1/4"; D(of skirt): 5 3/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1965-8

DescriptionFigure of woman standing with arms akimbo; wide bell skirt decorated with wide dark brown clay stripes and incised on front with two tridents flanking a rosette and leaves, also in brown; close fitting bodice with a brown stomacher; sleeves with brown dotted punched decoration, hanging tassels at elbows. Simply modeled facial features, brown dotted eyes, and large flat bow in hair.
ProvenanceFROM ERNEST ALLMAN SALE, SOTHEBY, JAN. 12, 1965, LOT 76.