Auction Closed
June 10, 06:00 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
TWO PORCELAIN&n🍨bsꦅp;CONTAINERS MODELLED AS A SEATED SULTAN AND SULTANA, ATTRIBUTED TO JACOB PETIT, FRANCE, 19TH CENTURY
comprising two richly attired figures modelled as a Sultan and Sultana each seated on a large cushion, with aperture in turbans, underside with incised mark 'A' 🎶and 'I'
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21.5 and 22cm. height
Jacob Petit (1796-1865) was one of the most famous French porcelain artists of the nineteenth century. He established a porcelain manufactory in Sèvres by 1830 before expanding to a rented factory in Fontainebleau i♓n 1834.