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The theme of hunters and the hunt was popular in German ceramics. This vase and its mate (64.101.143a, b) combine both two- and three-dimensional representation of the subject.
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Title: Vase (one of a pair)
Manufactory:
Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present)
Modeler:
Johann Joachim Kändler (German, Fischbach 1706–1775 Meissen)
Modeler:
Johann Friedrich Eberlein (German, 1695–1749)
Decorator:
Decoration attributed to J.G. Heintze
Date: ca. 1740
Culture: German, Meissen
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain; gilt-bronze mounts
Dimensions: H. 19-3/4 in. (50.2 cm.)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
Object Number: 64.101.144a, b
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