Allegorical Figures of the 'Four Continents', Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, Friedrich Elias Meyer, German, 1723 - 1785, hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, Four figures (a, b, c, d) together form a set., (a): Standing female figure, wearing jeweled mantle and turban with half-moon, holding sceptre and censer. Relief cartouche with camel; (b): Standing female figure, wearing ermine and crown, holding sceptre and orb. Book, globe, cornice fragment, cornucopia and relief cartouche with horse; (c): Standing black female figure, wearing feather skirt, mantle, and elephant-head coif, holding sheaf of wheat. Relief cartouche with lion; (d): Standing female figure, wearing feather skirt, mantle, and headdress. Parrot perched on arm, quiver with arrows and relief cartouche with alligator., Germany, 18th century, ceramics, Decorative Arts, figures, figures.
Allegorical Figures of the 'Four Continents', Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, Friedrich Elias Meyer, German, 1723 - 1785, hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, Four figures (a, b, c, d) together form a set., (a): Standing female figure, wearing jeweled mantle and turban with half-moon, holding sceptre and censer. Relief cartouche with camel; (b): Standing female figure, wearing ermine and crown, holding sceptre and orb. Book, globe, cornice fragment, cornucopia and relief cartouche with horse; (c): Standing black female figure, wearing feather skirt, mantle, and elephant-head coif, holding sheaf of wheat. Relief cartouche with lion; (d): Standing female figure, wearing feather skirt, mantle, and headdress. Parrot perched on arm, quiver with arrows and relief cartouche with alligator., Germany, 18th century, ceramics, Decorative Arts, figures, figures