Figure of a miner
Meissen Manufactory
(Germany)
Johann Joachim Kändler
(German, 1706–1775)
about 1750
Object PlaceGermany
Medium/TechniqueHard-paste porcelain
DimensionsH. 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.); W. 33 cm (13 in.); D. 20.3 cm (8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Abby Rockefeller Mauze
Accession number1977.305a-b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceNellie Ionides (b. 1883 - d. 1962), London; April 21, 1964, posthumous Nellie Ionides and others sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 79, sold to Delomosne and Son, Ltd., London; September, 1964, sold by Delomosne and Son to Jean Mauzé (b. 1903 - d. 1974) and Abby Rockefeller Mauzé (b. 1903 - d. 1976), New York; 1977, bequest of Abby Rockefeller Mauzé to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 11, 1977)