figure of Turkish man



figure of Turkish man

Summary

Press-moulded figure of a man in Turkish costume, comprising caftan, baggy trousers, long coat and turban, standing on square base with left leg forward, left hand on hip, and tall staff in right hand. Pale cream coloured body, details picked out in manganese brown, yellow and blue oxides bleeding into lead glaze, to give yellow caftan and trousers with blue sash, blue coat cuffs and turban, mottled blue and brown staff and streaked brown base.


Object Name

figure of Turkish man

Date Created

c 1760=1780

accession number

1923.709

Place of creation

Staffordshire

Medium

Credit

Bequeathed by Thomas Tylston Greg

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