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Johann Joachim Kändler

Turkish Woman with Basket
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Maker

Johann Joachim Kändler (German, 1706-1775), designer
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (German, 1710-present)

Title

Turkish Woman with Basket

Year

late 1700s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

porcelain

Geography

Place Made: Dresden, Germany

Dimensions

Height: 16.2 cm (6 3/8 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Object Number

37.086

Type

Publications

Articles

Arlene Shechet Interviewed by Judith Tannenbaum

Exhibition History

European Galleries
Sep 02, 2017

Label copy

Dressed in pointed shoes, jewels, and feathers, porcelain figures were designed to delight guests at the dinner table. They exemplify turquerie, a European style based on romanticized Turkish culture and aesthetics. In the 1700s, European nobles and members of royal courts attended Turkish-themed plays and operas, read Turkish tales, and lounged in Turkish robes and turbans.

Informing turquerie style was the portfolio Collection of 100 Prints Representing Different Nations of the Levant, which included engraved plates of Turkish royals and citizens. Published in Paris in 1714, those engravings followed a collection by Dutch artist Jean-Baptiste Van Mour, who traveled to Istanbul with the French ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. In the 1740s, the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory produced figures similar to images in the portfolio, and other manufactories soon followed.

Arlene Shechet
Meissen Recast
Jan 17, 2014 – Jul 06, 2014

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Tombstone

Johann Joachim Kändler (German, 1706-1775), designer
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (German, 1710-present)
Turkish Woman with Basket, late 1700s
Porcelain with enamels, glaze, and gilding
Height: 16.2 cm (6 3/8 inches)
Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich 37.086

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