18th Century Derby Porcelain Figure Emblematic of Africa

18th century Derby Porcelain Figure of Africa.

Circa 1765.

The large beautifully modeled  figure, emblematic of Africa, is depicted as a black figure of a boy in in elephant headdress scantily draped in a turquoise-lined pink gilt-flowered cloak suspended from his right shoulder on a strap and fallen to his waist, holding a cornucopia filled with flowers in one hand and a scorpion in the other. He stands over a wild lion on a circular base with applied flowers.  The flat underside of the base with patch marks. The figure is from a series known as the "Four Quarters".
 
Dimensions: 9 1/2 high x 4 1/2 inches wide.

Provenance: The Collection of Pierre Durand; With The Chinese Porcelain Company.

Reference:

Derby Porcelain: The Golden Years 1750-1770, Dennis G. Rice, for a smaller example, Page 130, #86.
See similar example in the Fitzwilliam Museum. (https://museu.ms/collection/object/137154/africa-from-a-set-of-continents);
also, as similar example illustrated in the Derby Porcelain Society's online exhibition, under The Nottingham Road section.
See also Winterthur Museum’s example, (tinyurl.com/yuue7bz2) and Birmingham Museum of Art, Collection, 2000.177.1   (tinyurl.com/57h3adw8).

(Ref: NY10167-ipuu)

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