Boy dressed as a Sultan
Factory:
Höchst Porcelain Manufactory
Modeller:
Melchior, Johann Peter
Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, and gilt
Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and painted overglaze in green, grey-green, yellow, flesh pink, pink, a little red, brown, and black enamels, and gilt. The glazed underside is divided into two recessed areas by a transverse wall, and has a ventilation slit at the back. The low mound base has three sides, one straight, and the other two slightly curved and irregular in plan. The top is green with grey-green wavy lines overall to represent grass, and there are a few dabs of pale brown on the edge. The boy stands on his right leg with his left advanced. His right arm is akimbo, and his left at his side.The object held in his left hand is missing. His head is tilted slightly to his right, and he looks downwards. He has pink skin and dark brown eyes, and wears a turban with a pink crown, and gold striped white surround on which is a pink, green and yellow jewel. His breeches are pink, and he has a pink and gold striped long-sleeved coat, a long pink short-sleeved over-coat with a pale yellow lining, a yellow sash, and yellow shoes. Hanging round his neck on a pink ribbon is a gold crescent with a pink, red, and pale green jewel below it.
History note: Probably Dr J.W.L. Glaisher; Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Depth: 9.9 cm
Depth: 3 7/8 in
Height: 18.6 cm
Height: 7¼ in
Width: 10.7 cm
Width: 4 1/16 in
Method of acquisition: Given (1947) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
18th Century, third quarter
Circa
1770
CE
-
1775
CE
The figure's pose appears to derive from a print of a Persian in the 'Receuil de Cent Estampes Representant differentes Nations du Levant . ..' commissioned by the Comte de Ferriol (1652-1722), the French ambassador to the Ottoman court from 1699 to 1711, published in Paris in 1714, and reprinted c. 1750 and c. 1764. The Meissen factory produced a series of adult figures from these prints, such as the Sultan Asseki, and pairs of Hungarians and Persians, c. 1750 (see C.41-49-1954), and a series of children in Turkish costume, c. 1756 which were commissioned by the Parisien marchand-mercier, Gille Bazin. The Meissen figures inspired numerous models by other European factories.
This figure is often paired with a girl dressed as a Sultana (see C.3-1947), sometimes called the Sultan's Children. It was modelled by Johann Peter Melchior who worked at Höchst from 1767-1779 when he moved to Frankenthal.
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( green, grey-green, yellow, flesh pink, pink, a little red, brown, and black)
Deocration
composed of
gold
clear
Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
Press-moulding
: Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded in parts, assembled, glazed, and painted in green, grey-green, yellow, flesh pink, pink, a little red, brown, and black enamels, and gilt. The glazed underside is divided into two recessed areas by a transverse wall, and has a ventilation slit at the back.
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: might be N G; the wheel mark is between the letters
Inscription present: circular white paper label printed with a wide black border and reserved letters
Accession number: C.10-1947
Primary reference Number: 140093
Old object number: 5033
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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