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Figure mounted as a candelabrum (one of a pair)

Factory Saint-Cloud factory French
figures ca. 1730–40, mounts ca. 1745–50
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 539

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Object Information
  • Title: Figure mounted as a candelabrum (one of a pair)
  • Factory: Saint-Cloud factory (French, mid-1690s–1766)
  • Date: figures ca. 1730–40, mounts ca. 1745–50
  • Culture: French, Saint-Cloud
  • Medium: Soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold; gilt bronze mounts
  • Dimensions: Height: 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
  • Object Number: 1982.60.253
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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