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Figure of the Bagpiper (Le Joueur de musette)
1748–52
manufacturer
(France, 1740–56)
modeled by
(French)
designed by
(French, 1703–1770)
Overall: 22.9 x 13.4 x 8 cm (9 x 5 1/4 x 3 1/8 in.)
The Norweb Collection 1961.10.2
Location: 216A French and German
Description
Although a few Vincennes porcelain figures exist that are glazed, the royal factory adopted at an early date the practice of producing unglazed biscuit figures that, because of the purity of their material, resemble marble figurines. The fashion for biscuit figures first introduced at Vincennes quickly spread through Europe.- R. Henry Norweb, Cleveland, Ohio.
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- Year in Review (1961). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).
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