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She makes fun of him, pulling his beard in a flirtatious manner.  The rich old man seduced by a much younger beautiful woman was a standard figure of fun in the 1700s, often satirised on the stage.","physicalDescription":"A hard-paste porcelain satirical figure group depicting the theatrical figures Pantalone and Columbine or Isabella, the old man wearing a long yellow cloak, black breaches and a hat, a blue doublet with incised decoration and red shoes and garter bows, his face pock-marked, paying court to the much younger woman who sits holding a smiling mask while playfully pulling the beard of her suitor, her full-skirted dress with 'indianische blumen', open to reveal a puce gilded bodice, her green cloak lined in red, set on a shaped white base applied with flower sprays.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Kändler, Johann Joachim","id":"A6734"},"association":{"text":"modeller","id":"AAT25417"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Meissen porcelain factory","id":"A9173"},"association":{"text":"manufacturer","id":"x33306"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"hard paste porcelain","id":"AAT10663"}],"techniques":[{"text":"moulded","id":"x30076"},{"text":"painted","id":"x30138"},{"text":"gilded","id":"AAT53789"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Hard-paste porcelain,  moulded and painted in enamels and gilded","categories":[{"text":"Porcelain","id":"THES48907"},{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Figures & Decorative ceramics","id":"THES48954"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2008BT0109"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"145 (VA)","id":"THES49865"},"free":"","case":"11","shelf":"2","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Figure","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Meissen","id":"x35076"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1738-1741","earliest":"1733-01-01","latest":"1742-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Mrs O. 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