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Factory Derby Porcelain Manufactory British
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This figure group is a representation of "hearing" from a set of the five senses: hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting, and touching. The figures, wearing brightly colored Chinese-style clothes, illustrate a fanciful European vision of the exotic East.
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Title: Chinoiserie group
Factory:
Derby Porcelain Manufactory (British, 1751–1785)
Date: 1750–55
Culture: British, Derby
Medium: Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions: 7 × 6 3/4 in. (17.8 × 17.1 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
Accession Number: 64.101.738
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