21st May, 2025 11:00
European Works of Art, Objects & Silver
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A PARIS PORCELAIN 'TURQUERIE' FIGURAL VEILLEUSE (TEA WARMER), PROBABLY JACOB PETIT, MID 19TH CENTURY
modelled as an Ottoman seated on a rock in gilt and polychrome, his green striped tunic and magenta waistcoat embellished with raised gilt embroidery, his elaborate trousers with repeat magenta ground motifs, a pair of pistols tucked in his waistband, his sword resting below, the rock open at the back, the figure detaching from the waist, his turban with tasselled red cap for the cover, 31.5cm high
See Haydn Williams, 'Turquerie: an 18th Century European Fantasy', London, 2014, pp.210-11 for illustrations and discussion of similar models. For the model in the Chiavassa Collection, see Harold Newman, 'Veilleuses', London, 1987, fig.P-58
Sold for £800
modelled as an Ottoman seated on a rock in gilt and polychrome, his green striped tunic and magenta waistcoat embellished with raised gilt embroidery, his elaborate trousers with repeat magenta ground motifs, a pair of pistols tucked in his waistband, his sword resting below, the rock open at the back, the figure detaching from the waist, his turban with tasselled red cap for the cover, 31.5cm high
See Haydn Williams, 'Turquerie: an 18th Century European Fantasy', London, 2014, pp.210-11 for illustrations and discussion of similar models. For the model in the Chiavassa Collection, see Harold Newman, 'Veilleuses', London, 1987, fig.P-58
Auction: European Works of Art, Objects & Silver, 21st May, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
The auction ‘European Works of Art, Objects and Silver’ is one of our biannual live sales offering a range of ceramics, sculpture, works of art and silver from around the world, as well as objects of vertu.
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