Summer (Ceres)

Manufactory Doccia Porcelain Manufactory Italian

Modeler After a model by Balthasar Permoser German

ca. 1760–70

Not on view

These two figures derive from a set of the Four Seasons originally carved in ivory by Balthasar Permoser. Carlo Ginori (1702-1757), founder of the Doccia factory, owned examples of Permoser's work.

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Title: Summer (Ceres)
Manufactory: Doccia Porcelain Manufactory (Italian, 1737–1896)
Modeler: After a model by Balthasar Permoser (German, Kammer, near Otting, Chiemgau, Bavaria 1651–1732 Dresden)
Date: ca. 1760–70
Culture: Italian, Florence
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions: Height: 8 3/16 in. (20.8 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit Line: Purchase, The Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund and Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, by exchange, 1982
Object Number: 1982.28
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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