Alexander the Great
Object type: Bust
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: British, Etruria, Staffordshire
Artist: Wedgwood and Bentley
Artist bio: British, Etruria, Staffordshire, 1769–1780
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: British
Date: ca. 1779–80
Medium: Black basalt ware
Dimensions: confirmed: 22 7/16 × 12 1/2 × 11 1/4 in., 35.1 lb. (57 × 31.8 × 28.6 cm, 15.9 kg)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit line: Gift of the Starr and Wolfe Family, 2018
Accession year: 2018
Tags: Men|Alexander The Great