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The Sultan of Turkey

Made by: Höchst Manufactory (Germany)
Modeled by: Johann Christoph Ludwig von Lücke (German, about 1703–1780)
German
About 1750–53
Object Place: Germany

Medium/Technique Hard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilded decoration
Dimensions Height: 22.9 cm (9 in.)
Credit Line Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.995
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionThe sultan seated in jeweled turban beneath a gilt rococo baldacchino, in ermine-lined lilac cloak and white and gold dress, a Moorish slave offering fruit at his right, a Chinese figure in flowered robe bowing before him, and with two further Chinese figures to his left, a monkey in a tree behind.
ProvenanceKiyi and Edward M. Pflueger, New York