Allegorical Figure of "Africa"

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, Meissen, Germany, founded 17101775–1825

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Female figure, black, with elephant-head headdress, feather tunic and leggings, holding lemon and sheaf of wheat, seated on crouching lion facing right; in background, a tree.

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Title: Allegorical Figure of "Africa"
Creator: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, Meissen, Germany, founded 1710
Date Created: 1775–1825
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

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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