Bowl with cover and stand (écuelle)
Date1775-80
Label TextThese scenes with exotic gentlemen in Turkish dress recall the bustling harbor scenes fashionable on porcelain earlier in the eighteenth century. Philippe Castel placed his exotic figures in harbor scenes dominated by classical ruins, inspired by the interest in ancient Greece and Rome that captivated Europe during the last quarter of the eighteenth century.
Object number2005.178
ProvenancePrivate collection, South America, until mid-1970s; [Sotheby's, New York, NY, mid-1970s]; Dr. Ulrich Fritzsche, Seattle, Washington until 2005
Photo CreditPhoto by Beth Mann
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Ulrich Fritzsche
Dimensions4 3/4 x 11in. (12 x 28cm)
MediumHard paste porcelain
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
1788
Object number: 2005.3.3
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