A CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A STANDING OTTOMAN COURTESAN
France, 19th century

Modelled as a woman standing in Oriental dress with a grey headdress and her robes revealing her cleavage, with one hand grasping the fabric of her headdress, the latter resting on her waist, the chamfered square base with a blue and white vase resting at the corner, the base with a blue painted mark of a crowned 'L' and stamped '5046' and a shield like symbol, 22cm high.