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Title

Sportsman

1751

Artist

Höchst

Germany

1750 - 1796

An image of Sportsman by Höchst

About

This early Höchst figure is rare in bearing a specific date. The model is possibly an early work by Simon Feilner. The painted decoration seems to be by Johann Philip Zisler. The figure has lost the companion huntress to whom he raises his glass.

Details

Date

1751

Media category

Ceramic

Materials used

hard-paste porcelain

Dimensions

17.7 x 9.5 x 7.3 cm

Credit

On loan from Kenneth Reed

Accession number

L2012.133

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Artist information

Höchst

Works in the collection

8

Referenced in 1 publication

Bibliography

Richard Beresford, Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection, Sydney, 2012, 76 (colour illus., detail), 78 (colour illus.). cat.no. 89