File:Four Continents Plaque, ca. 1770 (CH 68777363-3).jpg
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[edit]English: Four Continents Plaque, ca. 1770 ( ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
English: Four Continents Plaque, ca. 1770 |
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Description |
English: All relief plaques rectangular with domed tops and projections to the side, probably made to fit into a specific framework or piece of furniture.
(a) Asia seated holding a gadrooned lamp in one hand and a leafy branch in the other, a camel's head coming in on the left; (b) Europe, seated holding a cornucopia of fruit and wheat above a helmet, on one side, the other arm around a tempietto a horse's head above, and with bishop's mitre in front and with ewer and basin below, and below her feet, a classical bust on books, a palette and brushes above a recorder or flute; (c) Africa-female African seated figure, her tightly curled hair in close cropped cap, one hand raised holding a crab, the other resting on a lion, a palm tree in the crook of her arm; (d) America, a Native American seated in feather skirt and with feather headdress, bare chested and barefoot, a rugged landscape with tree to one side, holding a parrot out on his hand above an alligator under his foot on the other. |
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Date |
circa 1770 date QS:P571,+1770-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Medium | bronze | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | H x W x D: 21.6 x 19.1 x 0.5 cm (8 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 3/16 in.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1129820 |
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Current location |
Product Design and Decorative Arts |
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Accession number |
1960-1-9-c |
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Credit line | Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes | Type: Plaque | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | Catalog Photo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. |
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Author | Demian Cacciolo |
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Date and time of data generation | 15:03, 27 September 2012 |
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Serial number of camera | IX87104001 |
Date and time of digitizing | 15:03, 27 September 2012 |
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