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Standing Figure of Louis XV
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Standing Figure of Louis XV

Niderviller Manufactory (France)
about 1760–74
Medium/TechniqueTin-glazed earthenware (faience) decorated in polychrome enamels and gold
DimensionsOverall: 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.2015
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceProbably purchased in Paris by Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI [see note]; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)

NOTE: An old photograph of the object by Marc Vaux (1895-1971) in the curatorial file indicates that the figure was once in Paris, where Forsyth Wickes made a number of acquisitions.
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