Lot Essay
See Peter Bradshaw, Bow Porcelain Figures (London, 1992), p. 135, figs. 119 and 120, where similar models are described as a seated Turk and Levantine Lady.
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CIRCA 1770
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A pair of Bow sweetmeat-figures
Circa 1770
Modelled as a gallant and companion wearing Turkish dress seated to left and right, he in plumed turban, blue jacket, pink cloak, turquoise trousers with iron-red flower-heads and iron-red shoes, she in tall headdress, long pink dress with blue flower-heads, the sleeves with blue stripes, yellow turquoise-lined cloak, yellow and red striped trousers and iron-red shoes, each holding a shell-shaped dish painted to the interior with a spray and sprigs of flowers within a gilt line rim and supported by branches applied with shells, on pierced bases with four scroll-moulded feet (slight damages and restoration)
8¼ in. (22.2 cm.) high (2)
Circa 1770
Modelled as a gallant and companion wearing Turkish dress seated to left and right, he in plumed turban, blue jacket, pink cloak, turquoise trousers with iron-red flower-heads and iron-red shoes, she in tall headdress, long pink dress with blue flower-heads, the sleeves with blue stripes, yellow turquoise-lined cloak, yellow and red striped trousers and iron-red shoes, each holding a shell-shaped dish painted to the interior with a spray and sprigs of flowers within a gilt line rim and supported by branches applied with shells, on pierced bases with four scroll-moulded feet (slight damages and restoration)
8¼ in. (22.2 cm.) high (2)
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