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Figure (Turkish woman or girl)
1755-1765
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
2000.0061.093.001
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Leo A. and Doris C. Hodroff
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Object Number
2000.0061.093.001
Object Name
Figure (Turkish woman or girl)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1755-1765
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Blue, rounded rectangular paper label with "90" in white numbers
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, oval paper label with "4755/ ONE OF/ 3" handwritten in black and red ink
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Enameled
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
5.118 (H) x 2.362 (W) x 1.89 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
13 (H) x 6 (W) x 4.8 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1994 The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain Illustrated from the Hodroff Collection.
• Published: p. 256, fig. 304, c. 1760.Book: Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• Meissen (possible) original for this figure model: p. 619, fig. 649, with female and male Chinese examples similarly modeled to Winterthur's.Book: Strober, Eva. 2001 La maladie de porcelaine...: East Asian Porcelain from the Collection of Augustus the Strong.
• 1700-1720 figures of Europpean men and woman, different models, from Augustus the Strong collection: pp. 58-59, no. 22, email su biscuit (enameled on biscuit porcealin.)Catalogue: Motley, William & Cohen & Cohen. 2012 Angels & Demonslayers.
• Similarly modeled Chinese example with parallels in Meissen, Bow, and Derby porcelain: pp. 50-51, no. 30, Qianlong period, c. 1760Book: Bradshaw, Peter. 1990 Derby Porcelain Figures 1750- 1848.
• Polychrome-enameled Bow porcelain figure after same design source, with matching boy in turkish costume: p. 223, no. 178, with incised "No. 63" marks, said to be after Meissen models by Eberlein.Catalogue: Bonhams (auction catalogue).
• Caughley plain white figure after same design source: Liane Richards Collection, April 13, 2016 sale (London), lot 220, c. 1790, noting a blue example sold at Bonham's December 1, 2010, lot 169. With further details.