Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Figure

ca. 1835 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure in porcelain painted with enamels and gilded of a Turkish man seated smoking a hookah. He wears a white turban round a red fez, a long pink cloak spotted with purple, trimmed with ermine and lined with blue. Gilt underclothing appears beneath it and round his waist is a wine-coloured sash supporting a yellow kirtle. He wears baggy trousers striped with white, blue and gold, and caught in at the ankle by a gold bangle. At his feet are red shoes with turned-up toes. He is sitting with crossed legs on a square cushion and smoking a hookah which stands on the corner of the cushion on his left. The cushion is set upon a high square gilt-edged pedestal with four scrolled feet rising into gilt masks.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Figure in porcelain painted with enamels and gilded of a Turkish man seated smoking a hookah, Derby Porcelain factory, Derby, ca. 1835.
Physical description
Figure in porcelain painted with enamels and gilded of a Turkish man seated smoking a hookah. He wears a white turban round a red fez, a long pink cloak spotted with purple, trimmed with ermine and lined with blue. Gilt underclothing appears beneath it and round his waist is a wine-coloured sash supporting a yellow kirtle. He wears baggy trousers striped with white, blue and gold, and caught in at the ankle by a gold bangle. At his feet are red shoes with turned-up toes. He is sitting with crossed legs on a square cushion and smoking a hookah which stands on the corner of the cushion on his left. The cushion is set upon a high square gilt-edged pedestal with four scrolled feet rising into gilt masks.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
A crown and 'BLOOR DERBY' (Written in red)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Bibliographic reference
Twitchett, John. Derby Porcelain. London : Barrie & Jenkins, 1980. 253 p.
Collection
Accession number
C.1304-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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