21st May, 2025 11:00
European Works of Art, Objects & Silver
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A PAIR PARIS PORCELAIN 'TURQUERIE' FIGURAL FLASKS, PROBABLY JACOB PETIT, MID 19TH CENTURY
an opposing pair Ottoman male and female figures in rich gilt attire, the tops of their turbans detaching as stoppers, standing on blue bordered cushion bases, 34cm highest
See Haydn Williams, 'Turquerie: an 18th Century European Fantasy', London, 2014, pp.210-11 for illustrations and discussion of similar models. Also see a pair of figures of the same model but with the addition of urns to the bases sold in this room, 23 May 2024, lot 8.
Sold for £2,000
an opposing pair Ottoman male and female figures in rich gilt attire, the tops of their turbans detaching as stoppers, standing on blue bordered cushion bases, 34cm highest
See Haydn Williams, 'Turquerie: an 18th Century European Fantasy', London, 2014, pp.210-11 for illustrations and discussion of similar models. Also see a pair of figures of the same model but with the addition of urns to the bases sold in this room, 23 May 2024, lot 8.
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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