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Allegorical Figure of “Africa”

Manufacturer: Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin, Germany, established 1763

Modeler: Wilhelm Christian Meyer, German, 1726 - 1786

Description: “Africa" standing male figure, black, wearing a tunic with feather belt and collar, and feather headdress, and holding bow: attended by a monkey, holding quiver with arrows; square pedestal.

Credit Line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde

ca. 1770

Restrictions & Rights: CC0

Type: Ceramics Decorative Arts

Medium: hard-paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

Dimensions: H x W x D: 31.5 × 12.5 × 11 cm (12 3/8 × 4 15/16 × 4 5/16 in.)

Place: Germany

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Record ID: chndm_1960-1-44-c

Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text): CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq42aa901d8-4495-44de-9098-f1c33b0ed8e9