id:			97959
accession number:	1917.601.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.601.2
updated:		2025-02-08 22:33:58.538000

Figure of Asia and Africa from the Four Continents, c. 1760. Chelsea Porcelain Factory (Britain, London, 1745–84). Soft-paste porcelain; overall: 23.5 x 17.6 x 18.7 cm (9 1/4 x 6 15/16 x 7 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mary Warden Harkness 1917.601.2

title:				Figure of Asia and Africa from the Four Continents
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creation date:			c. 1760
creation date earliest:		1755
creation date latest:		1765
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creditline:			Bequest of Mary Warden Harkness
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culture:	England, Chelsea, mid-18th century
technique:	soft-paste porcelain
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

* Chelsea Porcelain Factory (Britain, London, 1745–84)  - manufactured by

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measurements: Overall: 23.5 x 17.6 x 18.7 cm (9 1/4 x 6 15/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
	opening date:   1934-11-09T05:00:00
	<i>Art of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9-December 2, 1934).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mary Warden Harkness [1864-1916], New York, NY, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1916
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1917-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	F. A. W. "The Bequests of Mary Warden Harkness: A Tribute and an Accounting." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 15, no. 2 (February 1928): 43-50.
	page number: 	Mentioned:  p. 43
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25137106

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