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"The Power of Love"

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

GUSN

GUSN-33807

Description

Parian porcelain figure. Depicts cupid and a lion. Cupid's bow rests on the ground, but the lion has the quiver of arrows between his jaws with cupid holding the thin end of the quiver. Cupid is represented with wings.

Details

Descriptive Terms

figures (representations)
ceramic (material)
parian (porcelain)
porcelain
figure- and animal-derived motifs
mythology (literary genre)
Sculpture
Parian Ware
Porcelain
Figure
Mythology
Sculpture

Inscription

""The Power of Love" M.MOHR"" (impressed)

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton

Accession Number

1931.71

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