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A pair of Nymphenburg figures of a Turkish couple, circa 1760 image 1
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Lot 97

A pair of Nymphenburg figures of a Turkish couple, circa 1760

18 June 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A pair of Nymphenburg figures of a Turkish couple, circa 1760

Modelled by Franz Anton Bustelli, the man with an orange tunic over pink patterned trousers holding a teabowl, the lady with striped headscarf, yellow tunic and blue patterned skirt holding a pineapple, both lounging on large rocailles, the bases edged with scrollwork and applied with leaves and flowers, 13cm and 12cm high, both with impressed shield mark (minor restoration and losses) (2)

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Provenance ((the male figure):
Sir Bernard Eckstein Collection, sold by Sotheby's London, 30 May 1949, lot 198;
With Albert Amor Ltd., London;
A.E. Pearson Collection, sold by Christie's London, 14 November 1960, lot 128;
Fritz Katz Collection, sold by Sotheby's New York, 8 March 1979, lot 89

Not many examples of these models have been recorded. A coloured pair is in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum in Munich (illustrated in Katharina Hantschmann/ Alfred Ziffer, Franz Anton Bustelli - Nymphenburger Porzellanfiguren des Rokoko (2004), p. 233, nos. 107-109) and another in the Schweizerisches Landesmuseum in Zürich. A white pair is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. For a full list of all recorded pieces, see Hantschmann/Ziffer, Bustelli (2004), p.456-457.

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