A PAIR OF HÖCHST FIGURES OF A TURK AND COMPANION modelled by J.P. Melchior, he in gilt-striped turquoise turban, white lined turquoise coat and gilt and pink striped tunic and baggy pink pantaloons with a pale-yellow sash and shoes wearing a jewelled pendant and holding a mask, she in feathered headdress, pink cloak, pale-blue bodice, gilt flowered dress and baggy pink pantaloons and yellow shoes, holding a mask and a fan, both standing on grassy mounds (both masks and fan restored, slight restorations to her bows, some minute chipping), blue crowned wheel marks, he incised K, she with incised HM monogram, circa 1765
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A PAIR OF HÖCHST FIGURES OF A TURK AND COMPANION modelled by J.P. Melchior, he in gilt-striped turquoise turban, white lined turquoise coat and gilt and pink striped tunic and baggy pink pantaloons with a pale-yellow sash and shoes wearing a jewelled pendant and holding a mask, she in feathered headdress, pink cloak, pale-blue bodice, gilt flowered dress and baggy pink pantaloons and yellow shoes, holding a mask and a fan, both standing on grassy mounds (both masks and fan restored, slight restorations to her bows, some minute chipping), blue crowned wheel marks, he incised K, she with incised HM monogram, circa 1765
18.5cm and 17.5cm. high (2)
Lot Essay
Cf. the pair sold by Christie's Geneva on 14 May 1990, lot 25