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The Carlo Colli Collection of Doccia Porcelain: Part II
Lot 186
Statuette en porcelaine blanche de Doccia représentant un Turc, vers 1760
A Doccia white figure of a Turk, circa 1760
A Doccia white figure of a Turk, circa 1760
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30 – 31 October 2025, 14:00 CET
Paris, Avenue Hoche€2,000 - €3,000
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Statuette en porcelaine blanche de Doccia représentant un Turc, vers 1760
A Doccia white figure of a Turk, circa 1760
A Doccia white figure of a Turk, circa 1760
Modelled wearing a turban and tunic tied with a belt, standing on a thin rocky base, 15cm high, (fingers chipped)
Footnotes
Literature
Biancalana, Alessandro, Porcellane Ginori a Doccia. La stanza delle meraviglie di casa Colli, 2023, pp. 234-235, cat. 29.
One of a series of twenty-four figures made at Doccia depicting non-European subjects and listed in the inventory of moulds (see Biancalana, op. cit., p. 228 for the full archival list). The print source for this figure is taken from Charles de Ferriol's Recueil de Cent Estampes representant differentes Nations du Levant, Paris, 1714, specifically the engraving entitled "Emir/homme de Loy de la Race de Mahome (no. 22)."
A polychrome Doccia figure of a Turk is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. 06.390), and another was sold at Bonhams Paris, The Carlo Colli Collection of Doccia Porcelain Part I, 8 April, 2025, lot 50.
Saleroom notices
Please note there is more damage to this piece than described in the catalogue, a complete condition report is available on request.