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Harlequin with Bird and Cat

Manufactory Meissen Manufactory German
1743
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 538

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Harlequin with Bird and Cat
  • Modeler: Johann Friedrich Eberlein (German, 1695–1749)
  • Manufactory: Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present)
  • Date: 1743
  • Culture: German, Meissen
  • Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
  • Dimensions: Height: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
  • Object Number: 1982.60.304
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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