Allegories of the Four Continents, Jacques Le Moyne, Johann Theodor de Bry, German, 1561 - 1623, Tin-glazed earthenware, Group of four tiles, square, with blue underglaze decoration on buff ground, each with name of one of the four continents, and corresponding allegory and attributes within a circular medallion: -72a, 'Asia,' showing turbaned figure riding in a howdah on back of an elephant, with two attendants; birds in foreground, turreted architecture in background; -72b, 'Europa,' showing a lady, cavalier and dog in foreground, watching woman in a sedan chair carried by two men; European

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