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Mars
Factory: Bow Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of Mars, press-moulded, with hand-modelled details, painted underglaze in blue, and over very slightly greenish lead-glaze in polychrpme enamels and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of Mars, press-moulded, with hand-modelled details, painted underglaze in blue, and over very slightly greenish lead-glaze in blue, green, yellow, pink, orange, red, pale purple, maroon, and brown enamels and gilt. The concave underside is glazed except for the feet, and has a small circular ventilation hole near the back. The rounded square base has five scroll supports, and a pierced rocaille motif between the front two. The front of the base is decorated with applied flowers and leaves. At the back there is a tree trunk with two low branches bearing polychrome applied flowers and leaves on each side, and a rectangular aperture to take an attachment low down in its back.
Mars stands erect with his head turned three-quarters to his left. His weight is on his left leg and his right is relaxed beside it. A shield is strapped to his left arm which is bent at the elbow and has the hand on his hip. His right arm (which originally held a spear) is extended towards the viewer. He has a brown beard, and wears a gold bracelet on his right wrist, and armour all' antica: a maroon helmet with a gold underside, and a brown crest with yellow, red, and maroon plumes; an underglaze blue cuirass with gold scales on the front, and in the centre a yellow mask; pale blue lion's masks on his shoulders; a turquoise skirt with pteruges of different colours; turquoise toeless lace-up boots with a maroon border at the top. His shield is purple, red, and yellow. On his left there is a vertical pink drape bearing a red cross. The base is picked out in turquoise and gold.
Bequeathed by Cecil E. Byas
Height: 30.2 cm
Width: 13.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Byas, Cecil E.
18th Century, Mid#
George III
Circa
1765
-
1770
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( blue, green, yellow, pink, orange, red, pale purple, maroon, and brown)
lead-glaze
( presumed lead; slightly greenish)
gold
Details
presumed phosphatic Soft-paste porcelain
Press-moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, with hand-modelled details, painted underglaze in blue, and over very slightly greenish lead-glaze in enamels and gilt
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: EC.6A-1938
Primary reference Number: 41989
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Mars" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/41989 Accessed: 2024-11-17 18:26:56
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