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Figure of the Muse Polyhymnia
Made at: Bow Manufactory (England)
English
about 1750
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
17.15 cm (6 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Jessie and Sigmund Katz Collection
Accession Number55.1110
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionSeated on rocky scaled mound with tapering column, sword at knee, helmet at feet. Robed figure, winged (wings, sword & flowers ? in hand broken); left arm across top of column, right forefinger points toward base. Tiara of leaves. Uneven base, cracked. Column incised Polimnie, faintly at back.
ProvenanceSigmund J. Katz (b.1897 - d.1958) and Jessie W. (Mrs. Sigmund J.) Katz (b.1901 - d.1988), Covington, LA; 1955, gift of Jessie and Sigmund Katz to the MFA. (Accession date: December 8, 1955)