Meissen
(Germany 1710– )
Persian lady
- Location
- 18th c European porcelain
- Further information
This figure, together with two others in the Reed Collection (L2012.65 and L2012.67), were adapted from prints in the ‘Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Lévant (Collection of 100 prints representing different eastern nations)’ published in 1714 –15 by Charles de Ferriol, French ambassador to the Ottoman court. In Ferriol’s Recueil the Persian lady is paired with a Persian gentleman in a turban. Both prints served as sources for Meissen figures. Ferriol’s text laments the custom by which beautiful Persian women cover their hair with a shawl tied under the chin.
- Year
- circa 1745-1750
- Media
- Ceramic
- Medium
- hard-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
- 21.3 x 10.2 x 8.4 cm
- Credit
- On loan from Kenneth Reed
- Accession number
- L2012.66
