Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Figure of the Day: The Bow Porcelain Sheep, 1765



Sheep
Bow Porcelain Factory
England, 1765
The Victoria & Albert Museum



Made at England’s Bow Porcelain Factory, this figure of soft-paste porcelain sates to about 1765. This little sheep is painted with enamel colors. He’s shown standing beside a stump which is adorned with large leaves and flowers with yellow centers and white petals. As sheep tend to do, he is eating the grass and plants around him. This is a great example of the sort of figure which was popular during the Rococo movement. Even the base is Rococo with its six, low feet which have been picked out in green and purple. 




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