A Staffordshire creamware figure of a Turk of Whieldon type

CIRCA 1760

Details
A Staffordshire creamware figure of a Turk of Whieldon type
Circa 1760
In turban, flowing cloak, tunic and pantaloons, his right hand to his waist with a dagger tucked into his belt, splashed in green, brown, grey and ochre glazes, standing on a circular mound base, very slight glaze flake to left side of head)
5½in. (14cm.) high
Provenance
Charles Lomax Collection no. 31.K.
Sir Harold Mackintosh, Bt.
Literature
Sir Harold Mackintosh, Bt. op. cit. (1938), p. 5, no. 6.

Lot Essay

Cf. the example from the Price Glover Collection sold in these Rooms, 14 June 1988, lot 110.

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