Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
A pair of porcelain flasks and stoppers in the form of a standing Sultan and Sultana, France, mid 19th century
Auction Closed
March 31, 12:40 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
probably Jacob Petit, modelled as a Sultan and Sultana, standing, wearing elaborate decorated robes, on gilt cushion-shaped bases, with a little inkwell and stoppers in the turbans, the Sultan with incised letter '4' to underside of base and handwritten '1817', the Sultana with incised letter 'G' to underside of base
2
each: 34.3cm.
The European interest in the Orient and all things Oriental was a combination of informed representations of the people, costume and culture of the Ottoman Empire and an imagined and theatrical vision of the exotic east. The present figural flasks follow this fashion in their depiction of a Sultan and Sultana. All of the major eighteenth century European porcelain manufactories produced exotic Eastern figures, probably the most influential being the figures modelled by J.J. Kaendler at Meissen. In France the fashion flourished throughout the nineteenth century and its influence is seen in a variety of fine and decorative arts as well as in interior design. This period saw the production of a number of Turkish figures which owe much to the influence of the rococo but in a bolder style, see also lot 135.