Meissen allegorical figurine group "Asia"

From the "Four Continents" series. With plastic flowers and leaves, naturally designed base. Near a palm tree, a young Eastern woman sitting on a camel represents the continent of Asia, wearing a white floral-patterned dress, a purple coat, and an elaborate headdress resembling a hood. In her left hand, she holds a censer, and in her right, a scepter. Polychrome painting with gold details. Probably authored by Johann Joachim Kändler or his follower. Restored; marked with crossed swords. Height - 20.5 cm. The four allegories of the continents were arranged in Kändler's tax (1740-1748) as of November 20, 1745. A slightly modified model of the "Asia" group with an altered pose was created by Johann Friedrich Eberlein in the summer of 1745–1747 as part of the cycle under Kändler's supervision and was part of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna's order for the Russian court. See Jedding's catalog "Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg private collection," fig. 241; Pietsch's catalog "Meissen für die Zaren," fig. 143. Allegorical group of porcelain figures "Asia" from the "Four Continents" series. Restored. Marked with crossed swords. Meissen. Mid-18th century.