拍品信息
拍品名称
A rare Chelsea bonbonnière, circa 1755
起拍价
GBP 800
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Modelled as the head of a Turkish gentleman, wearing a fur-lined turban with feathers, his moustachioed face delicately picked out in colours, the interior painted with colourful flowers and a green leaf border, 7cm long
Footnotes
Provenance
With Simon Spero, 2017
Literature
White, Mary, Living at the Whites' House, Vol.4, 2023, p.68
A fascination for all things Turkish drove Continental and English porcelain factories to produce figures dressed in this manner see lots 170 and 171 in this sale. The present lot would have provided the owner with a perfectly portable means of displaying that they were right on trend. A similar example with a gilt metal mount is in the Victoria & Albert Collection, 414:276/1, 2-1885.
Footnotes
Provenance
With Simon Spero, 2017
Literature
White, Mary, Living at the Whites' House, Vol.4, 2023, p.68
A fascination for all things Turkish drove Continental and English porcelain factories to produce figures dressed in this manner see lots 170 and 171 in this sale. The present lot would have provided the owner with a perfectly portable means of displaying that they were right on trend. A similar example with a gilt metal mount is in the Victoria & Albert Collection, 414:276/1, 2-1885.
