Bowl with cover and stand (écuelle)
1775-80
These 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.
Hard paste porcelain
4 3/4 x 11in. (12 x 28cm)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Ulrich Fritzsche
2005.178
Provenance: Private collection, South America, until mid-1970s; [Sotheby's, New York, NY, mid-1970s]; Dr. Ulrich Fritzsche, Seattle, Washington until 2005
Photo by Beth Mann