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A pair of Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted Meissen porcelain sweetmeat figures, mid-18th century
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A pair of Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted Meissen porcelain sweetmeat figures, mid-18th century
the porcelain modelled by J.F. Eberlein or J.J. Kändler
Approx. 20cm. high, 15cm. wide, 11cm. wide
Provenance
Maurice Segoura, Paris.
Literature
Pierre Kjellberg, Objets montés du Moyen Âge à nous jours, Paris, 2000, p.85.
Catalogue note
Modelled by Johann Friedrich Eberlein (1696-1749) or Johann Joachim Kändler (1706-1775), these figures usually came in pairs: a woman in oriental dress beside a covered bowl moulded with a basket weave pattern; and a man with the same bowl. Exemplifying Turquerie (a style based on romanticized Turkish culture and aesthetics) in the mid-18th century, they were designed to serve sugar or salt in a plat de ménage, an elaborate table-centerpiece with containers designed to hold flavourings for food.
The design for these figures was inspired from the Recueil de cent Estampes representant differentes nations du Levant ('Collection of One hundred Prints of the Various Nations of the Levant') with engravings by Louis Gérard Scotin (1690-1751) after the drawings by Jacques Le Hay after the paintings by Jean Baptiste van Mour (1671-1737). A similar dish with a Meissen figure of a woman in Turkish dress is in The Hans Syz Collection (nr. 65.383), and another two are at the RISD museum from the collection of Lady Truman Aldrich (nrs. 37.084 and 37.086). A male example is also at the RISD, also from the collection of Lady Truman Aldrich (nr. 37.087).
the porcelain modelled by J.F. Eberlein or J.J. Kändler
Approx. 20cm. high, 15cm. wide, 11cm. wide
Provenance
Maurice Segoura, Paris.
Literature
Pierre Kjellberg, Objets montés du Moyen Âge à nous jours, Paris, 2000, p.85.
Catalogue note
Modelled by Johann Friedrich Eberlein (1696-1749) or Johann Joachim Kändler (1706-1775), these figures usually came in pairs: a woman in oriental dress beside a covered bowl moulded with a basket weave pattern; and a man with the same bowl. Exemplifying Turquerie (a style based on romanticized Turkish culture and aesthetics) in the mid-18th century, they were designed to serve sugar or salt in a plat de ménage, an elaborate table-centerpiece with containers designed to hold flavourings for food.
The design for these figures was inspired from the Recueil de cent Estampes representant differentes nations du Levant ('Collection of One hundred Prints of the Various Nations of the Levant') with engravings by Louis Gérard Scotin (1690-1751) after the drawings by Jacques Le Hay after the paintings by Jean Baptiste van Mour (1671-1737). A similar dish with a Meissen figure of a woman in Turkish dress is in The Hans Syz Collection (nr. 65.383), and another two are at the RISD museum from the collection of Lady Truman Aldrich (nrs. 37.084 and 37.086). A male example is also at the RISD, also from the collection of Lady Truman Aldrich (nr. 37.087).
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A pair of Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted Meissen porcelain sweetmeat figures, mid-18th century
the porcelain modelled by J.F. Eberlein or J.J. Kändler
Approx. 20cm. high, 15cm. wide, 11cm. wide
Provenance
Maurice Segoura, Paris.
Literature
Pierre Kjellberg, Objets montés du Moyen Âge à nous jours, Paris, 2000, p.85.
Catalogue note
Modelled by Johann Friedrich Eberlein (1696-1749) or Johann Joachim Kändler (1706-1775), these figures usually came in pairs: a woman in oriental dress beside a covered bowl moulded with a basket weave pattern; and a man with the same bowl. Exemplifying Turquerie (a style based on romanticized Turkish culture and aesthetics) in the mid-18th century, they were designed to serve sugar or salt in a plat de ménage, an elaborate table-centerpiece with containers designed to hold flavourings for food.
The design for these figures was inspired from the Recueil de cent Estampes representant differentes nations du Levant ('Collection of One hundred Prints of the Various Nations of the Levant') with engravings by Louis Gérard Scotin (1690-1751) after the drawings by Jacques Le Hay after the paintings by Jean Baptiste van Mour (1671-1737). A similar dish with a Meissen figure of a woman in Turkish dress is in The Hans Syz Collection (nr. 65.383), and another two are at the RISD museum from the collection of Lady Truman Aldrich (nrs. 37.084 and 37.086). A male example is also at the RISD, also from the collection of Lady Truman Aldrich (nr. 37.087).
the porcelain modelled by J.F. Eberlein or J.J. Kändler
Approx. 20cm. high, 15cm. wide, 11cm. wide
Provenance
Maurice Segoura, Paris.
Literature
Pierre Kjellberg, Objets montés du Moyen Âge à nous jours, Paris, 2000, p.85.
Catalogue note
Modelled by Johann Friedrich Eberlein (1696-1749) or Johann Joachim Kändler (1706-1775), these figures usually came in pairs: a woman in oriental dress beside a covered bowl moulded with a basket weave pattern; and a man with the same bowl. Exemplifying Turquerie (a style based on romanticized Turkish culture and aesthetics) in the mid-18th century, they were designed to serve sugar or salt in a plat de ménage, an elaborate table-centerpiece with containers designed to hold flavourings for food.
The design for these figures was inspired from the Recueil de cent Estampes representant differentes nations du Levant ('Collection of One hundred Prints of the Various Nations of the Levant') with engravings by Louis Gérard Scotin (1690-1751) after the drawings by Jacques Le Hay after the paintings by Jean Baptiste van Mour (1671-1737). A similar dish with a Meissen figure of a woman in Turkish dress is in The Hans Syz Collection (nr. 65.383), and another two are at the RISD museum from the collection of Lady Truman Aldrich (nrs. 37.084 and 37.086). A male example is also at the RISD, also from the collection of Lady Truman Aldrich (nr. 37.087).
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