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Figure (Turkish man or boy)
1755-1765
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
2000.0061.093.003
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Leo A. and Doris C. Hodroff
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Object Number
2000.0061.093.003
Object Name
Figure (Turkish man or boy)
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 "89" in white numbers
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "4755 ILLUST +/ REFER-/ HOWARD + AYERS/ P. 619 -[???]" handwritten in black and red ink
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "STATUE GROUP- 5 1/2" HT/ CHINA EXP TURKISH/ DRESS AFTER MEISSEN/ BOY WEARS FEZ- GIRLS/ WEAR CAPS./ CIRCA 1760-70 4755" handwritten in black and red ink
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Enameled
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
5.197 (H) x 2.756 (W) x 1.929 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
13.2 (H) x 7 (W) x 4.9 (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: pp. 256-57, fig. 305, c. 1760.Book: Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• Similar example: p. 619, fig. 649Book: 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.
• Chinese female figure with parallels in Meissen, Bow, and Derby porcelain: pp. 50-51, no. 30, Qianlong period, c. 1760