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Allegorical Figure Depicting Putti as "Asia" and "Africa"
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, Meissen, Germany, founded 171018th–19th century
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Asia wearing a loin cloth, seated on lion holding a scepter; Africa, black, wearing a loin cloth and elephant headdress, holding coral, seated on scrolled pedestal.
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- Title: Allegorical Figure Depicting Putti as "Asia" and "Africa"
- Creator: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, Meissen, Germany, founded 1710
- Date Created: 18th–19th century
- Location Created: Germany
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
- Credit line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde
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