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Dancing Woman

Manufactory Meissen Manufactory German
Modeler Possibly by Johann Joachim Kändler German
Modeler Possibly by Friedrich Elias Meyer German
ca. 1748
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 538

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Dancing Woman
  • Manufactory: Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present)
  • Modeler: Possibly by Johann Joachim Kändler (German, Fischbach 1706–1775 Meissen)
  • Modeler: Possibly by Friedrich Elias Meyer (German, Erfurt 1723–1785 Berlin)
  • Date: ca. 1748
  • Culture: German, Meissen
  • Medium: Hard-paste porcelain, gilt-bronze
  • Dimensions: Height: 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
  • Object Number: 1982.60.295
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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