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A Woman representing Asia from a set of Continents
Factory: Zurich Porcelain Manufactory
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.
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
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 15.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
Production date:
circa
AD 1770
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
clear
Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
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
Accession number: C.3224-1928
Primary reference Number: 74536
Old object number: 5401
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "A Woman representing Asia from a set of Continents" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/74536 Accessed: 2024-07-27 00:39:40
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