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Audience of the Chinese Emperor

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Audience of the Chinese Emperor

Höchst Manufactory

Modeler:: Model attributed to Johann Peter Melchior (1742/47–1825, active at Höchst 1767–79)
Date:: ca. 1766
Culture:: German (Höchst)
Medium:: Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions:: Overall (confirmed): 15 11/16 x 13 1/16 x 8 9/16 in. (39.8 x 33.2 x 21.7 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1950
Accession Number:: 50.211.217

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 533

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