Lot Essay
For an illustration of a similar pair see Dr. Erika Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porcelain of the 18th Century, London, 1972, Vol. I, p. 103.
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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A PAIR OF MEISSEN SWEETMEAT FIGURES OF A TURK AND COMPANION
CIRCA 1750, THE LADY WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS TO REVERSE OF BASE
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A PAIR OF MEISSEN SWEETMEAT FIGURES OF A TURK AND COMPANION
CIRCA 1750, THE LADY WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS TO REVERSE OF BASE
Modelled by J.F. Eberlein, he wearing a white jewelled and feathered turban with a red crown, a long pale-brown jacket decorated with indianische Blumen, yellow shirt and purple pantaloons, seated astride a tree-stump base, she in a high white headdress, long yellow-lined pink jacket over a tunic dress painted with indianische Blumen with a green underskirt, seated on a rockwork base, each holding a gilt-edged scallop-shell, the bases applied with flowers and leaves (he with restoration to feather on turban and handle of dagger chipped, she with chip to edge of long jacket and chips and restoration to fingers of both hands, both with small chips to leaves and flowers on base)
6¾ in. (17.2 cm.) high (2)
CIRCA 1750, THE LADY WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS TO REVERSE OF BASE
Modelled by J.F. Eberlein, he wearing a white jewelled and feathered turban with a red crown, a long pale-brown jacket decorated with indianische Blumen, yellow shirt and purple pantaloons, seated astride a tree-stump base, she in a high white headdress, long yellow-lined pink jacket over a tunic dress painted with indianische Blumen with a green underskirt, seated on a rockwork base, each holding a gilt-edged scallop-shell, the bases applied with flowers and leaves (he with restoration to feather on turban and handle of dagger chipped, she with chip to edge of long jacket and chips and restoration to fingers of both hands, both with small chips to leaves and flowers on base)
6¾ in. (17.2 cm.) high (2)
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