A PAIR OF WORCESTER FIGURES OF STANDING TURKS wearing white-edged iron-red turbans, ermine-lined puce robes, their under-robes painted in iron-red, green, purple and enriched in gilding with stylised oeil-de-perdrix and flower-sprays, the circular bases applied with pink flowers and foliage (he with both arms restored at the shoulder, damage to left hand, slight chips to foliage, she with chip to hem of her robe and to base, both with chips to foliage and with plumes lacking), circa 1770

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A PAIR OF WORCESTER FIGURES OF STANDING TURKS wearing white-edged iron-red turbans, ermine-lined puce robes, their under-robes painted in iron-red, green, purple and enriched in gilding with stylised oeil-de-perdrix and flower-sprays, the circular bases applied with pink flowers and foliage (he with both arms restored at the shoulder, damage to left hand, slight chips to foliage, she with chip to hem of her robe and to base, both with chips to foliage and with plumes lacking), circa 1770
13.5cm. high (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. Franklin A. Barrett, op. cit., pl. 86B; Henry Sandon, Worcester Porcelain 1751-1793, col. pl. VI and the example of a female standing Turk sold in these Rooms on 20 May 1991, lot 225

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