TWO MEISSEN BLACKAMOOR FIGURES
MID 18TH CENTURY
Auction: Property from the Estate of Virginia Fortune Ryan Ogilvy, Dowager Countess of Airlie | Wed 3rd Sept at 10am | Lots 45 to 170
Description
one modelled wearing a yellow robe with gilt sprigs, a dagger tucked into the tied band around his waist, wearing a pink and white turban, blue crossed swords mark to the back of the base; the other modelled as a servant carrying a tazza, wearing a yellow and white plumed turban and red boots, his blue and grey garments with gilt trim, leaning on a tree trunk, the naturalistic base applied with flowers, faint blue crossed swords mark on the bottom (2)
Dimensions
12.5cm and 14.5cm high
Provenance
Property from the Estate of Virginia Fortune Ryan Ogilvy, Dowager Countess of Airlie