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Group shot: 1983.43-4
Bust of Louis XV
Group shot: 1983.43-4

Bust of Louis XV

Sèvres Manufactory (France)
about 1760
Medium/TechniqueSoft-paste biscuit porcelain (bust); soft-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration (pedestal)
DimensionsOverall: 26.4 x 12.7 x 10.2 cm (10 3/8 x 5 x 4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of R. Thornton Wilson in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson
Accession number1983.43
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1964, R. Thornton Wilson, New York [see note 1]; 1983, bequest of R. Thornton Wilson in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson. (Accession date: January 12, 1983)

NOTES:
[1] From 1964 until the time it was made a gift, this object, and MFA object 1983.44, were on loan to the MFA by R. Thornton Wilson.
Group shot: 1983.43-4
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