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Figure of Asia 1936-740
Figure of Asia
Figure of Asia 1936-740

Figure of Asia

Date1765-1775
OriginEngland, Derbyshire, Derby
MediumSoft-paste porcelain
DimensionsH: 12 1/2" L: 6 13/16" D: 5 11/16"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1936-740
DescriptionFigure representing Asia as a standing female wearing fruit in headpiece, jeweled stomacher, and orange-red robe painted with gold flowers; holds in right hand vase with flame and in left flowers; resting on base behind figure, and looking up at figure is camel with fur painted with small purple brush strokes; applied floral sprigs on base. Reverse of the base bears "patch marks" characteristic of the Derby Manufactory of this period
MarkingsThough this piece does not bear a mark in the usual sense of the word, it does have on the reverse of the base "patch marks" characteristic of this period.
ProvenanceBelonged to London dealer Sidney Hand, Ltd. (Ad, CONNOISSEUR #224 {April, 1920}, lxvi.) Ex Coll.: F.E. Sidney (Illustrated: Reginald Blunt, THE CHEYNE BOOK OF CHELSEA CHINE AND POTTERY (London, 1924), pl. 23, #253, called Chelsea and William King, ENGLISH PORCELAIN FIGURES OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY (London and Boston, 1925), fig 47, called Derby).
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