A COLLECTION OF TWENTY-FOUR PORCELAIN PLATES DEPICTING OTTOMAN FIGURES, FRANCE OR ITALY, 19TH CENTURY
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June 10, 06:00 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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A COLLECTION OF TWENTY-FOUR PORCELAIN PLATES DEPICTING OTTOMAN FIGURES, FRANCE OR ITALY, 19TH CENTURY
comprising eight pairs and eight individual portraits, depicting Ottoman Sultans, Greek figures and women, with gold borders, some dishes with the name of the subject identified on reverse
(24)
each: 23.2cm. diam.
The names written to the reverse include:
- Sultan Ibrahim (r.1640-48).
- Sultan Abdulhamid I (r.1774-89).
- Sultan Mahmud II (r.1808-1839).
- Sultan Abdulmecid (r.1839-61).
- Teodoro Colocotroni (Theodoros Kolocotronis, d.1843), a Greek general.
- Constantino Canari (Constantine Canaris, d.1877), a Greek general.
- Miaulis (Andreas Miaoulis, d.1835), a Greek admiral.
- Marco Botzari (Markos Botsaris, d.1823), a Greek general.
- Taiko Sama