Manufacturer: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Attributed to Johann Joachim Kändler, German, 1706 - 1775

After: Gottfried Bernhard Göz, German, 1708 - 1774

Description: "Africa" female figure, black, with elephant-head coif, feather tunic and legings, holding sheaf of wheat; seated on crouching lion, facing left.

Credit Line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde

ca. 1760

Restrictions & Rights: CC0

Type: ceramics, Decorative Arts

Medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

Dimensions: H x W x D: 30.3 x 23.3 x 15.2 cm (11 15/16 in. x 9 3/16 in. x 6 in.)

Place: Germany

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Record ID: chndm_1960-1-28-c

Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text): CC0

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