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Lot 83

A Bow figure of a Turk
Circa 1762.

8 April 2009, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Bow figure of a Turk

Circa 1762.
In dancing pose, one hand held to his chest, the other arm outstretched, wearing a stripped turban, puce scroll pattern waistcoat, blue belt with loops painted with flowers and brightly coloured striped trousers, below a pale-yellow ermine lined coat, before bocage on a square base with high scroll feet, picked out in puce and gold, 19.5cm high (restoration break to left arm, the other arm with a section of his cuff lacking and some restoration to this area, some losses to bocage)

Footnotes

The model is probably after Meissen inspired by an illustration in 'Les Nations du Levant' by the Comte de Ferriol. For another example together with the companion figure see Peter Bradshaw, Bow Porcelain Figures (1991), p 136, fig 121

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