Allegorical Figural Groups of the "Four Continents"

Date: 1757–1759

Manufacturer: Capodimonte Porcelain Manufactory, Italian, 1743 – 1759

Catalogue Status: Research in Progress

Place: Italy

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Credit Line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Accession Number: 1960-1-51-a/d

Type: ceramics; Decorative Arts
Object Name: figures
Type: figures

Restrictions & Rights: Usage conditions apply

Medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
Dimensions: H x W x D (1960-1-51-a): 38.7 × 26.7 × 25.1 cm (15 1/4 × 10 1/2 × 9 7/8 in.); H x W x D (1960-1-51-b): 40.6 × 27.3 × 26.7 cm (16 in. × 10 3/4 in. × 10 1/2 in.); H x W x D (1960-1-51-c): 39.1 × 29.2 × 24.8 cm (15 3/8 × 11 1/2 × 9 3/4 in.); H x W x D (1960-1-51-d): 41 × 27.9 × 27.9 cm (16 1/8 in. × 11 in. × 11 in.)

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