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Title

Dancers, model

1745

Artist

Meissen

Germany

1710 –

Details

Date

1745

Media category

Ceramic

Materials used

hard-paste porcelain

Dimensions

17.1 x 13.7 x 12.2 cm

Credit

On loan from Kenneth Reed

Location

South Building, ground level, Grand Courts

Accession number

L2012.64

Copyright

Reproduction requests

Artist information

Meissen
Works in the collection

38

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Described in Kändler’s work records for May 1745 (‘a group of three figures where two are dancing together and one plays music’).
Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
- Grand Courts Collection Rehang, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Nov 2021–2025
Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
- Richard Beresford, Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection, Sydney, 2012, 27 (colour illus.). cat.no. 27

Other works by Meissen

Teapot and cover Meissen circa 1715-1720, circa 1720-1730 L2010.187.a-b On display – South Building, ground level, Grand Courts

Tureen, cover and stand Meissen circa 1730-1735 L2010.188.a-c On display – South Building, ground level, Grand Courts

Tea canister and cover Meissen circa 1728 L2010.190.a-b On display – South Building, ground level, Grand Courts

The Spanish lovers, model Meissen circa 1740 L2010.191 On display – South Building, ground level, Grand Courts

See all 38 works