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Personification of the River Nile

Giovanni Volpato (Italian, Bassano 1732–1803 Rome)

Date:: ca. 1785–95
Culture:: Italian, Rome
Medium:: Hard-paste biscuit porcelain
Dimensions:: Overall (confirmed): H. 11 7/8 x W. 23 1/8 x D. 11 5/8 in. (30.2 x 58.7 x 29.5 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Purchase, The Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation Inc. Gift, 2001
Accession Number:: 2001.456

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