"Large Biscuit, "bather With Swallows" By Auguste Joseph Peiffer (1832 – Ca. 1886)"
Bather with Swallows after Auguste Joseph Peiffer in white biscuit porcelain, France, late 19th century. Depicted seated on a natural rock, the young nude woman is delicately turned to the left in a contemplative posture, her arms crossed on her knees, her gaze lowered. A drape falls loosely from her waist to her legs, while three swallows in flight or perched complete the composition at her feet. The back of the naturalistic base is decorated with vegetation in slight relief...
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Condition: good overall condition; slight chips at the tips of the swallows' wings and fine traces of firing visible at the base.
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