ALLEGORY OF AFRICA
Creator(s): Unknown (Manufacturer)
On view in: Adam Bedroom
About this object
The statuette shows a Black African man dressed in an elaborate costume. He wears a skirt of feathers in various colors, over which is a cloak in dusty blue painted with flowers and with a pink lining. On his head is a headdress in the shape of an elephants head. He holds under his left arm a sheaf of grain and colored flowers and in his right hand is a gold scepter. The base is white with rococo scrolls.
- Object name:
- ALLEGORY OF AFRICA
- Made from:
- Hard paste porcelain
- Made in:
- EUROPE
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 16.4 cm (6 7/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 26.114
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK impress 8; at back anchor in gold (fake Chelsea mark) [underneath]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973