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Rare groupe en porcelaine de Meissen représentant un couple turc à cheval, ves 1930-33
A rare Meissen group of a Turkish couple on horseback, circa 1930-33
A rare Meissen group of a Turkish couple on horseback, circa 1930-33
29 October 2025, 14:00 CET
Paris, Avenue HocheSold for €8,960 inc. premium
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Rare groupe en porcelaine de Meissen représentant un couple turc à cheval, ves 1930-33
A rare Meissen group of a Turkish couple on horseback, circa 1930-33
A rare Meissen group of a Turkish couple on horseback, circa 1930-33
Modelled by Paul Scheurich, he seated in front of her wearing a high turban, puce jacket and trousers shaded in blue and embellished in gilding, she wearing a turban, scarf, bolero jacket in blue and puce and trousers lightly shaded in blue, the horse with an elaborate saddle and harness decorated in blue and gilding, on a high base embellished with foliage and flowers, 36.2cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue with dot between the sword tips to the side of the base, incised model number A 1226, impressed former number 122 (some restoration to extremities)
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After his prolonged illness Scheurich finally recovered in 1928 and started working on a new model in the autumn of that year. But it wasn't until 1930 that he completed the Turkish couple on horseback and it was delivered to the manufactory (total purchase price of RM 2800). The first piece was produced in porcelain that same year and decorated in 1931. It was subsequently sold at the end of the year for RM 224. By the end of 1944 11 had entered the market, including three white versions. The model was one of six that won Scheurich the Grand Prix at the Paris Wold Exhibition in 1937.
Scheurich's drawings and his instructions for the group's decoration have survived and can still be found in the archive at Meissen (illustrated in Johannes Rafael, Paul Scheurich 1883-1945 Porzellane für die Meissener Manufaktur, Meissener Manuskripte, Sonderband VIII, 1995, p. 78, ill. 35.1).
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