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CIRCA 1765
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A Derby figure of Asia and another of Europe
CIRCA 1765
Modelled from a set of 'The Four Quarters of the Globe', Asia modelled as a Levantine girl wearing a garland of fruit in her hair, a pink-lined blue drape, iron-red bodice and flowered yellow skirt, feeding a camel red berries, on a shaped-oval scroll-moulded titled base (very small areas of chipping); Europe modelled as a crowned girl wearing a flowing pink-lined blue drape and flowered dress, an orb in one hand and various attributes at her feet, on a similarly titled base (lacking sceptre in left hand, areas of restoration)
Asia 8¾ in. (21.8 cm.) high (2)
CIRCA 1765
Modelled from a set of 'The Four Quarters of the Globe', Asia modelled as a Levantine girl wearing a garland of fruit in her hair, a pink-lined blue drape, iron-red bodice and flowered yellow skirt, feeding a camel red berries, on a shaped-oval scroll-moulded titled base (very small areas of chipping); Europe modelled as a crowned girl wearing a flowing pink-lined blue drape and flowered dress, an orb in one hand and various attributes at her feet, on a similarly titled base (lacking sceptre in left hand, areas of restoration)
Asia 8¾ in. (21.8 cm.) high (2)
Special notice
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