Live Auction 14963THE COLLECTOR: English and European Furniture, Works of Art & Ceramics & Silver
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A TURKISH MUSICIAN
Lot 755 The West Collection

A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A TURKISH MUSICIAN

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

Closed18 October 2017

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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

Martha L. Issacon, Seattle, A.204; Sotheby's, New York, 22 May 2001, lot 194.

Specialist note

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.