Meissen porcelain statuette of a Turkish musician,... Lot 34

Meissen porcelain statuette of a Turkish musician, circa 1745 A Meissen figure of a Turkish musician, circa 1745 Modelled by P. Reinicke and J.F. Eberlein, holding an oud (type of lute) under one arm, wearing a yellow doublet decorated with flower sprigs, a gilt-edged puce jacket, puce trousers and yellow shoes, 17.5cm high (very minor chips) Footnotes: The figure is after the engraving of Le Turc Amoureux by Georg Friedrich Schmidt (1712-75), after a painting of around 1730 by Nicholas Lancret (1690-1743). Another example is illustrated in R. Rückert, Meissener Porzellan (1966), no. 956, where he mentions that it was first referred to in the Meissen records in 1744. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com