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Figure of Venus
German
about 1765
Medium/Technique
Porcelain
Dimensions
Height: 35.6 cm (14 in.)
Credit Line
Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.1007
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionStanding nude except for a towel-like drapery painted with blue and gilt flowers, her hair threaded with pearls, her right foot resting on the head of a dolphin with tree-trunk support and scroll base.
ProvenanceAnonymous. November 28, 1961, sale, Sotheby's & Co., London, lot 158. Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger, New York