A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A TURKISH MUSICIAN
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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A TURKISH MUSICIAN

THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1745, THE DECORATION POSSIBLY LATER, MODELED BY P. REINECKE AND J.F. EBERLEIN

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A TURKISH MUSICIAN
THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1745, THE DECORATION POSSIBLY LATER, MODELED BY P. REINECKE AND J.F. EBERLEIN
The turbaned mustachioed figure with a guitar slung over his back
6 ¾ in. (17.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Martha L. Issacon, Seattle, A.204; Sotheby's, New York, 22 May 2001, lot 194.

Lot Essay

The print source for this figure is G.F. Schmidt's engraving Le Turc Amoreaux after N. Lancret. For an illustration of this source see S. Ducret, Keramik und Graphik Des 18. Jahrhunderts, Brunswick, 1973, p. 82.

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