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Chinese Family
Made by: Meissen Manufactory (Germany)
Probably modeled by: Peter Reinicke (German, 1715–1768)
Based on: François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)
Probably modeled by: Peter Reinicke (German, 1715–1768)
Based on: François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)
German
about 1745-1750
Object Place: Europe, Germany
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain with colored enamels and gilded decoration
Dimensions
14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Richard C. Paine
Accession Number1982.739
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionModelled by Peter Reinicke after Boucher's "Les Delices de L'Enfance" (1742). A Chinese family: Mother seated, in robe decorated with "Indian flowers" (Indianische Blumen) over a puce undergarment; at her right a child in robe with iron-red floral pattern and blue trousers, at her left on her knee another child with parasol, rose robe with turquoise; shaped base with applied polychrome flowers; mark: underglazed blue crossed swords underneath base.
Marks
Crossed swords in underglaze blue on underside of base.
InscriptionsGummed paper label on base inscribed in ink: "59924 over D / SII"
Paper label printed "48"
Paper label printed "48"
ProvenanceRichard C. Paine (b. 1893 - d. 1966), Boston; by inheritance to his widow, Ellen Eliot Paine (b. 1894 - d. 1987), Boston; 1982, year-end gift of Mrs. Richard C. Paine to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 12, 1983)