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Figure Group

1770-1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure group of a Hungarian soldier with a Turkish prisoner in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. The soldier is wearing a short green jacket over a red coat and trousers, yellow boots, and a cylindrical black hat with a green feather and decorated in front with a gold crescent on a red ground. He holds his prisoner by the head and the hands which are tied behind him. The prisoner is naked to the waist and wears long red-striped Turkish trousers, yellow boots and a red and white turban. Rock-work base.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Figure group of a Hungarian soldier with a Turkish prisoner in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Zürich faience and porcelain factory, Zürich, 1770-1775.
Physical description
Figure group of a Hungarian soldier with a Turkish prisoner in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. The soldier is wearing a short green jacket over a red coat and trousers, yellow boots, and a cylindrical black hat with a green feather and decorated in front with a gold crescent on a red ground. He holds his prisoner by the head and the hands which are tied behind him. The prisoner is naked to the waist and wears long red-striped Turkish trousers, yellow boots and a red and white turban. Rock-work base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Z' (in underglaze blue)
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.221-1926

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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