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English: Four Continents Plaque, ca. 1770   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Four Continents Plaque, ca. 1770
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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.
Date circa 1770
date QS:P571,+1770-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
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Product Design and Decorative Arts
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1960-1-9-c
Credit line Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde
Notes Type: Plaque
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