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Large 18th-Century Derby Porcelain Figure Emblematic of Africa
About the Item
Large Derby Porcelain Figure of Africa,
From a series known as the "Four Quarters".
Circa 1765
The large figure, emblematic of Africa, is depicted as a black figure of a boy in in elephant headdress scantily draped in a turquoise-lined pink gilt-flowered cloak suspended from his right shoulder on a strap and fallen to his waist, holding a cornucopia filled with flowers in one hand and a scorpion in the other. He stands over a wild cat on a circular base with applied flowers. The flat underside of the base with patch marks. The figure is from a series known as the "Four Quarters".
Dimensions: 9 1/2 high x 4 1/2 inches wide
Provenance: The Collection of Pierre Durand; With The Chinese Porcelain Company.
Reference:
Derby Porcelain: The Golden Years 1750-1770, Dennis G. Rice, for a smaller example, Page 130, #86.
See similar example in the Fitzwilliam Museum;
also, as similar example illustrated in the Derby Porcelain Society's online exhibition, under The Nottingham Road section.
See also Winterthur Museum’s example, and Birmingham Museum of Art, Collection, 2000.177.1
- Creator:Derby (Manufacturer)
- Dimensions:Height: 9.5 in (24.13 cm)Diameter: 4.5 in (11.43 cm)
- Style:Georgian (Of the Period)
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- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1765
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Good with minor frits to a couple of the applied flowers on the base at the back. A leg of the scorpion missing- not apparant.
- Seller Location:Downingtown, PA
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