A PAIR OF JACOB PETIT PORCELAIN FIGURAL CONTAINERS IN THE FORM OF A SEATED SULTAN AND SULTANA

Attributed to Jacob Petit, France, mid-19th century

Modelled as two seated Ottoman Sultan and Sultana on octagonal cushions, both wearing gilt-embroidered flowered robes, the top of their turbans with a hole, the Sultan with the original stopper, seated next to a huqqa (water pipe) and holding the mouth piece in his right hand, the Sultana holding a flower on her right hand, a pink bird perched on her left hand, both bases with the maker's mark in cobalt blue J.P., each approx. 22.5cm high.

For a very similar pair previously sold at auction, please see Christie's Amsterdam, 9 November 2004, lot 222; and Sotheby's London, 10 June 2020, lot 235.