Figure / woman / continent / Asia

Description

Porcelain figure of a woman painted in colours and gilt, emblematic of Asia, one of a set of the continents: English, Bristol, early 1770s

Museum reference

A.1953.456

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Figure / woman / continent / Asia

Production information

Bristol Pottery
Bristol, Avon, England, Northern Europe

Date

Early 1770s

Materials

Porcelain

Physical description

Porcelain; painted in colours and gilt

Associations

Haddington collection (NMS)
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Art of Living (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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