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Candlestick

Manufactory Doccia Porcelain Manufactory Italian
Modeler Model attributed to Gaspero Bruschi Italian
1760–70
Not on view
This figure of a Turk is from a series of twenty-four produced at Doccia based on book illustrations depicting Middle Eastern costumes published in 1714 by Charles, count of Ferriol and French ambassador to Constantinople.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Candlestick
  • Manufactory: Doccia Porcelain Manufactory (Italian, 1737–1896)
  • Modeler: Model attributed to Gaspero Bruschi (Italian, ca. 1710–1780, active 1737–80)
  • Date: 1760–70
  • Culture: Italian, Florence
  • Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
  • Dimensions: Height: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906
  • Object Number: 06.397
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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