Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
Dancing Lady

ManufacturerMeissen, Germany, established 1710
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Dancing Lady
Datec. 1750
PlaceDresden, Saxony, Germany
MediumHard-paste porcelain
Dimensions4 3/8 × 2 1/8 × 1 7/8 in. (11.1 × 5.4 × 4.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, museum purchase funded by Harris Masterson III
Object number94.130
Not on view

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Department
Rienzi
Object Type
Provenance[Christie's Auction House, London, February 28, 1994, lot 204]; purchased through Simon Spero on behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III], given to MFAH, 1994.
Exhibition History

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed with the manufacturer's mark in blue on the backside of the figure at the base.

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