Figure of Turkish Girl
ca. 1760 (made)
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Figure of a Turkish girl, probably after a Meissen original. She stands on a low green mound base with head inclined, her raised right arm broken off at the wrist, her left clutching the hem of a long-turquoise-green robe.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels |
| Brief description | Figure of a Turkish girl, probably after a Meissen original, porcelain painted in overglaze enamels; China, Qing dynasty, ca. 1760 |
| Physical description | Figure of a Turkish girl, probably after a Meissen original. She stands on a low green mound base with head inclined, her raised right arm broken off at the wrist, her left clutching the hem of a long-turquoise-green robe. |
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| Credit line | Basil Ionides Bequest |
| Production | label |
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| Bibliographic reference | Howard, David Sanctuary. China for the West: Chinese porcelain & other decorative arts for export illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection. London; New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1978, Vol. 2, p. 619. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.100-1963 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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