Lot 171 An important Liverpool (Philip Christian) figure of a gentleman in Turkish costume, circa 1765-75
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| 拍卖时间 | 2026年07月01日 |
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An important Liverpool (Philip Christian) figure of a gentleman in Turkish costume, circa 1765-75
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GBP 1,500
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After the Meissen original by Johann Joachim Kändler, attractively enamelled and standing in dramatic pose, his right hand on the hilt of the sword at his hip, his left hand behind, wearing a blue and white turban, a green ermine-lined coat, a yellow smock lined in puce and patterned trousers, on a mound base applied with leaves and flowers, 16cm high
Footnotes
Provenance
Simon Spero exhibition, 2006, no.38;
With Stockspring Antiques, 2013
Literature
Watney, Bernard, Liverpool Porcelain, 1997, p.120, fig.473;
Hillis, Maurice, Liverpool Porcelain 1756-1804, 2011, p.271, no.6.128;
White, Mary, People at the Whites' House, Vol.5, 2024, p.71, fig.b
The original Meissen prototype for this figure is part of a set of 'Six Orientals' designed by Kändler and was copied by several different factories, see the footnote to lot 170 in this sale, which is illustrated alongside the present lot by Mary White. Scientific analysis at the British Museum has confirmed that the present figure is steatitic in composition and Simon Spero notes in his 2006 catalogue that this figure may represent the smallest surviving class of English figures. Indeed, no other Philip Christian figure of a Turk would appear to be recorded, but versions were produced by several other factories. Compare to the coloured Vauxhall or Longton Hall pair sold by Bonhams on 23 June 2021, lot 115 and another similar version of the gentleman in the Victoria & Albert Museum (inv. no.414:25-1885), illustrated by Bernard Watney, , 1957, fig.42.
Footnotes
Provenance
Simon Spero exhibition, 2006, no.38;
With Stockspring Antiques, 2013
Literature
Watney, Bernard, Liverpool Porcelain, 1997, p.120, fig.473;
Hillis, Maurice, Liverpool Porcelain 1756-1804, 2011, p.271, no.6.128;
White, Mary, People at the Whites' House, Vol.5, 2024, p.71, fig.b
The original Meissen prototype for this figure is part of a set of 'Six Orientals' designed by Kändler and was copied by several different factories, see the footnote to lot 170 in this sale, which is illustrated alongside the present lot by Mary White. Scientific analysis at the British Museum has confirmed that the present figure is steatitic in composition and Simon Spero notes in his 2006 catalogue that this figure may represent the smallest surviving class of English figures. Indeed, no other Philip Christian figure of a Turk would appear to be recorded, but versions were produced by several other factories. Compare to the coloured Vauxhall or Longton Hall pair sold by Bonhams on 23 June 2021, lot 115 and another similar version of the gentleman in the Victoria & Albert Museum (inv. no.414:25-1885), illustrated by Bernard Watney, , 1957, fig.42.
