File:Africa, America, Europe and Asia, and Africa Figure, possibly ca. 1775 (CH 18429549).jpg

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English: Africa, America, Europe and Asia, and Africa Figure, possibly ca. 1775   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Africa, America, Europe and Asia, and Africa Figure, possibly ca. 1775
Description
English: Four figures (a, b, c, d) together form a set. (a): Standing female figure, wearing jeweled mantle and turban with half-moon, holding sceptre and censer. Relief cartouche with camel; (b): Standing female figure, wearing ermine and crown, holding sceptre and orb. Book, globe, cornice fragment, cornucopia and relief cartouche with horse; (c): Standing black female figure, wearing feather skirt, mantle, and elephant-head coif, holding sheaf of wheat. Relief cartouche with lion; (d): Standing female figure, wearing feather skirt, mantle, and headdress. Parrot perched on arm, quiver with arrows and relief cartouche with alligator.
Date possibly ca. 1775
Medium gilt, painted and glazed porcelain
Dimensions

(a: Asia): 15.7 x 6.1 x 8.5 cm (6 3/16 x 2 3/8 x 3 3/8 in.) (b: Europe): 15.3 x 5.1 x 9.1 cm (6 in. x 2 in. x 3 9/16 in.) (c: Africa): 15.2 x 6.7 x 6.8 cm (6 in. x 2 5/8 in. x 2 11/16 in.)

(d: America): 15 x 6.7 x 6.8 cm (5 7/8 x 2 5/8 x 2 11/16 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
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Product Design and Decorative Arts
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1960-1-29-a/d
Credit line Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde
Inscriptions (a) back of socle base, underglaze blue: crossed swords; (b) incised: "1"; (c) underglaze blue: crossed swords; (d) none
Notes
  • Type: Figure
  • Country: Germany
Source/Photographer Catalog Photo
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