Bow porcelain figure of a posing young man
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A Bow soft paste porcelain figure of a 'New dancer, circa 1760s, finely modelled and decorated as a posing young man against a tree trunk in a pink frockcoat with lemon lining, a pale blue hat with a crimson plume, and floral pantaloons, raised on a high moulded rococo base with encrusted, flowers, unmarked, height 19.5 cm
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- Soft Paste Porcelain - Porcelain is an ancient ceramic material, first made in China, hence the common name "china", and the process was unknown in the West.
European potters attempted to replicate Chinese porcelain, without knowing the ingredients in its composition, and the earliest wares were produced with mixtures of clay and ground-up glass (frit), the idea being that the glass would give the porcelain translucency.
It was given the name "soft" because it did not remain rigid, but "slumped" when fired in the kiln at high temperatures. - Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
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