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1960

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Figures, Allegorical Figures of the "Four Continents"

This is a figures. It was possibly by Gottfried Bernhard Götz and after Peter Reinicke and Johann Friedrich Eberlein and modeled by Peter Reinicke and Johann Joachim Kändler and manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory. It is dated 18th century and we acquired it in 1960. Its medium is hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold. It is a part of the department.

This object was donated by Estate of James Hazen Hyde. It is credited Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D (figure a): 14 × 18 × 14 cm (5 1/2 × 7 1/16 × 5 1/2 in.) H x W x D (figure b): 11.3 × 17.5 × 13 cm (4 7/16 × 6 7/8 × 5 1/8 in.) H x W x D (figure c): 19 × 14.8 × 10.5 cm (7 1/2 × 5 13/16 × 4 1/8 in.) H x W x D (figure d): 14 × 18 × 14 cm (5 1/2 × 7 1/16 × 5 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

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