Allegorical Figure of "Africa"
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1760
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present
label: Attributed to
content: Johann Joachim Kändler, German, 1706 - 1775
label: After
content: Gottfried Bernhard Göz, German, 1708 - 1774
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: "Africa" female figure, black, with elephant-head coif, feather tunic and legings, holding sheaf of wheat; seated on crouching lion, facing left.
place: label: Place
content: Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1960-1-28-c
objectType: label: Type
content: ceramics
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: figure
label: Type
content: figure
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
label: Dimensions
content: 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.)