Flat Back Figure of The Prodigal Son
Date19th Century
Object NameFigure
Mediumearthenware
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall: Height: 35.5 cm, Width: 18 cm
AcquisitionThe Catherine Fleming Collection, 1994.
LocationOn Display - Sculpture Court
Object numberABDMS023998
About MeThis figurine depicts the scene where the son returns to his father, who wears a white cloak with a yellow gown below. The father is shown with his arm around his son's shoulders, whilst the son touches his father's neck. The son wears a white patterned gown with an orange cloak over and holds a blue drape in his other hand.More About Me
(Art) Historians are constantly asking themselves “Why?” For example, why is the back of this figurine flat? (Because it was designed to be put on a mantelpiece, as was fashionable during Victorian times!)
Exhibitions
19th Century
Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644
19th Century
James McBey
late 19th-early 20th Century
