Fortune Teller standing wearing kerchief on head, white sleeveless blouse with red sash, long mauve striped skirt, bare feet, looking into palm of youth's hand, who is wearing turban hat, yellow shirt, draped by purple material, pink breeches, black high boots, in rear a tripod table supporting...
Marks
interlaced Cs with crown above in underglaze blue; arrow headed by a circle in red enamel; impressed 1FC:2.S. and NO:4..
Provenance
By 1944, with Jas. A. Lewis & Son, New York, NY; June 26, 1944, sold by Jas. A. Lewis & Son to Forsyth Wickes, New York and Newport, RI (d. 1964); 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
German, About 1765–70
- Made at Ludwigsburg Manufactory, Germany
Dimensions
Overall: 20.6 x 14 cm (8 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Accession Number
65.2103
Medium or Technique
Hard-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration