CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS TO THE BACK OF THE TURK, THE PORCELAIN MODELED BY REINEKE AND EBERLEIN

The figures of a Turk and his companion were conceived by Peter Reineke and Johann Friederich Eberlein circa 1744. They are based on an engraving by G.F. Schmidt after a painting by Lancred entitled Le Turc Amoreux. A similar pair, although of two male figures, sold Christie's London, 15 June 1995, lot 36 (#9,000). See Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan 1710-1810, Munich, 1966, no. 956, tafel 232; also Len and Yvonne Adams, Meissen Portrait Figures, London, 1987, p. 171.