Current Location: In storage
Titles
A Woman representing Asia from a set of Continents
Maker(s)
Factory:
Zurich Porcelain Manufactory
Entities
Categories
Description
Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels
Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and painted overglaze in dark pink, red, khaki, shades of greyish-brown, and black enamels, and a little gold. The glazed underside is slightly concave and has a rib running from right to left crossed by two short ribs with a half rib between them at the front. The underside of the outer edge and ribs are unglazed. The group is supported on a shallow oval base with an uneven top mottled in shades of brown and khaki to imitate rocks. A woman representing Asia stands beside a recumbent camel with her right hand resting on its head, her left arm held in front of her, and her head turned to her left. She has brown hair with a gold diadem at the front, and wears a white chemise, a cuirass-like bodice with black scale pattern, a red and pink striped skirt, black sandals, and a dark pink cloak which falls down at the back onto the greyish-brown camel.
Notes
History note: Sydney Hand, Grafton Street from whom purchased for £3.15s.0d. on 31 July 1918 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge
Legal notes
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Height: 15.9 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
18th Century, third quarter
Production date:
circa
AD 1770
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( dark pink, red, khaki, shades of greyish-brown, and black)
gold
( very little)
Base
Depth 8.9 cm
Width 11.8 cm
Materials used in production
clear
Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Press-moulding
: Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and painted overglaze in dark pink, red, khaki, shades of greyish-brown, and black enamels, and a little gold. The glazed underside is slightly concave and has a rib running from right to left crossed by two short ribs with a half rib between them at the front. The underside of the outer edge and ribs are unglazed.
Glazing
Inscription or legends present
- Text: H
- Location: On underside of base
- Method of creation: Incised
- Type: Incised mark
- Text: Z/..
- Location: On underside of base
- Method of creation: Painted underglaze in blue
- Type: Factory mark
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.3224-1928
Primary reference Number: 74536
Old object number: 5401
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 4 August 2025
Last processed: Thursday 14 August 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
