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Meissen porcelain factory The Happy Parents c. 1775 modeled by Michel Victor Acier Victoria & Albert Museum |
The large-scale Meissen operation in 18th-century Germany produced colorless white hard-paste porcelain figure-groups (as above) alongside an array of figures with colored glazes. Colors might be either delicate or strident, partly depending on the character of the subject.
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Meissen porcelain factory Spring c. 1765-75 Victoria & Albert Museum |
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Meissen porcelain factory Diana & Endymion c. 1785 modeled by Christian Gotfried Jüchtzer Victoria & Albert Museum |
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Meissen porcelain factory Summer c. 1741 modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler Victoria & Albert Museum |
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Meissen porcelain factory The Three Graces c. 1785 modeled by Christian Gotfried Jüchtzer Victoria & Albert Museum |
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Meissen porcelain factory Summer c. 1765-75 Victoria & Albert Museum |
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Meissen porcelain factory Pylades and Orestes c. 1790 modeled by Christian Gotfried Jüchtzer Victoria & Albert Museum |
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Meissen porcelain factory Child Gardener c. 1765-75 Victoria & Albert Museum |
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Meissen porcelain factory Ganymede with Eagle c. 1790 modeled by Christian Gotfried Jüchtzer Victoria & Albert Museum |
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Meissen porcelain factory Child Musician c. 1770-75 Victoria & Albert Museum |
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Meissen porcelain factory Diadumenos of Polycleitus c. 1790 modeled by Christian Gotfried Jüchtzer Victoria & Albert Museum |
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Meissen porcelain factory Harlequin 1738-40 modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler Victoria & Albert Museum |
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Meissen porcelain factory Harlequin (back view) 1738-40 modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler Victoria & Albert Museum |
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Meissen porcelain factory Neptune c. 1752 modeled by Friedrich Elias Meyer Victoria & Albert Museum |