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"Herculean" Pedestal with Allegorical Figural Group Depicting the "Four Continents"
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"Herculean" Pedestal with Allegorical Figural Group Depicting the "Four Continents"

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · early 18th century · hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Credit line"Herculean" Pedestal with Allegorical Figural Group Depicting the "Four Continents". early 18th century. Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde. CC0.
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