A porcelain figure group from the series "Four Continents". The figure depicts a young woman sitting on a camel, personifying the continent of Asia. The figure is adorned with plastic flowers and leaves, realistically designed on a naturalistic base. The woman is wearing a white dress with a flower-patterned design and a purple-colored mantle. Her hair is covered with oriental headgear. In her left hand, she holds an incense burner, and in her right hand, she holds a scepter. The polychrome painting is embellished with gold accents. Possibly by Johann Joachim Kaendler. Model number 761. Restored; crossed swords mark. Height 20 cm. The four allegories of the continents are arranged in Kaendler's taxas (1740-48) according to the 20th of November 1745. A slightly modified model of the "Asia" group was modeled in the summer of 1745 as part of a cycle and under the supervision of Kaendler by Johann Friedrich Eberlein. This was part of the order of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna for the Russian court. See catalog Jedding, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg private collection, fig. 241; catalog Pietzsch, Meissen für die Zaren, fig. 143. An allegorical porcelain figure group of "Asia" from the series "Four Continents". Restored. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. 2nd half of the 19th century.