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Höchst: PORCELAIN FIGURINE OF A TURKISH SULTANA - PORCELAIN FIGURINE OF A TURKISH SULTANA. Höchst. Date: 1765-1796. Maker/Designer: Draft Johann Peter Melchior. Technique: Porcelain, einriched in colours, golden. Description: A child figure dressed as a sultana on a grass-covered plinth. She is wearing puffy bloomers that merge into white stockings and pointed shoes with large buckles on her feet. She wears a knee-length, fringed outer dress, a drapery as a belt and a lavish cloak gathered at the hips and shoulders. Her hair is pinned up and adorned with colourful ostrich feathers. She holds a dark mask in her right hand raised in front of her body and a golden fan in her left hand. Measurement: Height 18cm. Mark: Manufacture mark, painted blue under glaze. The child figure of the sultana is complemented by the counterpart of the sultan. As a pair, they enjoy great popularity. Literature: Stahl, Patricia: Höchster Porzellan. Frankfurt a.M. 1994. The pair of Sultan & Sultana illustrated and described p.254, no.6.8.10. Höchst Germany Porcelain 18th century Figurine Melchior, Johann Peter Explanations to the Catalogue Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Germany: 20,17 Euro plus 3,83 Euro VAT EU: 33,61 Euro plus 6,39 Euro VAT Worldwide: 63,03 Euro plus 11,97 Euro VAT additional shipping insurance