Figure group

Description

Porcelain group of Leda and the Swan, painted in colours and gilt, with Leda sitting on a tree stump flanked by the swan and a kneeling cupid: German, Saxony, Meissen, c. 1740 - 1750

Museum reference

A.1953.469

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Figure group

Production information

Meissen factory
Meissen, Saxony, Germany, Western Europe

Date

c. 1740 - 1750

Materials

Porcelain

Physical description

Porcelain; painted in colours and gilt

Associations

Depicted: Leda and The Swan
Haddington collection (NMS)

Exhibitions

• Window on the World (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland