Statuette en porcelaine de Meissen représentant... Lot 39

Statuette en porcelaine de Meissen représentant un persan, circa 1750 A Meissen figure of a Persian man, circa 1750 Probably modelled by J.J. Kaendler and P. Reinicke, holding a walking-stick with his right hand, wearing a white turban with puce-edged headdress and red band, a yellow-lined long coat with purple frogging and a puce sash with a dagger and a sword to his left side, white stockings and yellow shoes, the base applied with leaves and flowers, 22.8cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to rear edge of base (minor chips) Footnotes: Based on pl. 90, Persan, in the Comte de Ferriol's 'Receuil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant. . . . ', Paris 1714, or the edition published in German by Christoph Weigel the Elder in Nuremberg in 1719. Another example of this figure is in the Professor Klaus J. Thiemann Collection, Hetjens Museum (W. Beckmann, In Fürstlichen Diensten Komödianten, Sultane und Pagoden aus Meissener Porzellan (n.d.), p. 43. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com