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Dateca. 1775
Label TextThis figure, an example of "turquerie," signifies the influence of the Islamic world- especially the powerful Turkish Ottoman Empire-on Europeans in the eighteenth century. The "Turkish gentleman," with a crescent atop his turban, represented Asia in a series of allegorical figures symbolizing the continents, or the four quarters of the globe. The others included in this rather limited view of the world were Africa, America and Europe.
Object number76.126
ProvenanceCollection of Mr and Mrs Henry and Martha Isaacson, unknown purchase date until 1976; gift from Mr and Mrs Henry and Martha Isaacson to Seattle Art Museum, Washington, 1976
Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe", February 17, 2000-May 7, 2000 (2/17/2000 - 5/7/2000) Published ReferencesEmerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe", Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 203 Seattle Art Museum. Seattle Art Museum Annual Report, 1976-1977, p. 21, not ill.
Credit LineGift of Martha and Henry Isaacson
Dimensions7 7/8 x 3 in. (20 x 7.62 cm)
MediumHard paste porcelain with enamel colors and gilding
Photo: Paul Macapia
Meissen manufactory, German
ca. 1730-34
Object number: 69.201
Vase
Meissen manufactory, German
1730 - 35
Object number: 69.205
Tureen
Austrian
1725 - 35
Object number: 62.43
Photo: Paul Macapia
German, Fulda
1780-88
Object number: 76.274
Figure of a putto symbolizing summer
German, Limbach
ca. 1780
Object number: 87.142.117
Meissen manufactory, German
ca. 1730 - 35
Object number: 91.102.10
Cup and saucer
German, Limbach
ca. 1775
Object number: 76.127
Photo: Paul Macapia
Meissen manufactory, German
ca. 1725-30
Object number: 69.203
Photo: Paul Macapia
Meissen manufactory, German
ca. 1729-31
Object number: 61.75
Figure of a Man
German, Limbach
ca. 1775
Object number: 76.124
Photo: Paul Macapia
Meissen manufactory, German
ca. 1734-39
Object number: 69.199
Coffee cup
English
ca. 1745
Object number: 87.142.128