Beggar
Object type: Figure
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: German, Meissen
Artist: Meissen Manufactory|Johann Gottlieb Kirchner
Artist bio: German, 1710–present|German, Merseburg 1706–after 1738 Berlin, active at Meissen 1727–28 and 1731–33
Artist role: Manufactory|Modeler
Artist nationality: German|German
Date: ca. 1733
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain; cold painted; silver-gilt
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 6 3/16 × 2 11/16 × 2 1/2 in. (15.7 × 6.8 × 6.4 cm);
Height (with pedestal): 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
Accession year: 1964
Tags: Men