Medium
stoneware
Measurements
47.3 × 18.2 × 14.3 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with the assistance of the Crafts Board of the Australia Council, 1976
© Bruce Nuske
Gallery location
Not on display
Inscription
incised in base: Nuske / 7. 6.
Accession Number
D115-1976
Department
Australian Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Physical description
A doll-like figure of a child seated on a globe. The globe set in four crimped petals mounted on a "turned" pedestal base. The deep rectangular base with carved and canted corners. The white body decorated with blue and white marquetry inlays, stamped motifs, gilt and yellow-painted details, and applied pads.
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