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Chinese horseman

Modeler Franz Anton Bustelli Swiss
ca. 1765–70
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Chinese horseman
  • Manufactory: Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory (German, 1747–present)
  • Modeler: Franz Anton Bustelli (Swiss, Locarno ca. 1720–1763 Munich)
  • Maker: Assembled by Peter Anton Seefried (1756–66/67, 1769–1810)
  • Date: ca. 1765–70
  • Culture: German, Nymphenburg
  • Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
  • Dimensions: Height: 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1943
  • Object Number: 43.100.59
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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