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Figure of Africa
Made by: Buen Retiro Manufactory, Spain
Spanish
about 1765
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Height: 34.9 cm (13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.973
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionFrom a set of Continents, figure of an African woman standing and holding a cornucopia and sheaf of wheat. She wears an elephant head-dress and gold trimmed, white and yellow robes and stands on a high rockwork base.
ProvenanceAnonymous. March 29, 1976, sale, Christie's, London, lot 112. Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger, New York