Personification of the River Nile, ca. 1785–95, Italian, Rome, Hard-paste biscuit porcelain, Overall (confirmed): 11 7/8 × 23 1/8 × 11 5/8 in. (30.2 × 58.7 × 29.5 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, Giovanni Volpato (Italian, Bassano 1732–1803 Rome), In 1785 Giovanni Volpato established a manufactory in Rome for the production of biscuit-porcelain sculpture. This group personifying the river Nile was the most ambitious work made at Volpato's factory, as well as the most expensive, as shown by a surviving price list
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Personification, River Nile, ca, 1785–95, Italian, Rome, Hard-paste biscuit porcelain, Overall, confirmed, 11 7/8, 23 1/8, 5/8, 30.2, 58.7, 29.5 cm, Ceramics-Porcelain, Giovanni Volpato, Bassano, 1732–1803, 1785, Giovanni, Volpato, established, manufactory, production, biscuit-porcelain sculpture, group personifying, river, ambitious work, factory, well, expensive, shown, surviving price, list
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