Figure
ca. 1758-1760 (made)
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Figure of a female Turk in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. She stands looking to the right and her right arm is raised holding a strand of hair. Her left foot is turned to the left and rests on a rock. She wears a puce and white turban, a blouse, an overdress painted with flower sprigs in the style of 'Indianisch blumen', and a full length yellow short-sleeved fur-lined coat. Rocky base ornamented with applied flowers and leaves.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Figure of a female Turk in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Samuel Gilbody's factory, Liverpool, ca. 1758-1760. |
| Physical description | Figure of a female Turk in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. She stands looking to the right and her right arm is raised holding a strand of hair. Her left foot is turned to the left and rests on a rock. She wears a puce and white turban, a blouse, an overdress painted with flower sprigs in the style of 'Indianisch blumen', and a full length yellow short-sleeved fur-lined coat. Rocky base ornamented with applied flowers and leaves. |
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| Object history | For an unpainted version of this model, see C.559-1922 |
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| Bibliographic reference | For this model, see Hillis, Maurice. Liverpool Porcelain, 1756-1804. 2011, pl. 7.72 and 7.73 |
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| Accession number | C.126-1977 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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