A Bow figure of a blackamoor Levantine lady c.1760, standing and holding a basket of fruit, her left hand sweeping her veil away from her face, raised on a footed base, some chips and losses, 18.9cm.This figure copies a Meissen model by K?ndler and Reinicke, and derived from plates in the Comte de Ferriol and Le Hay~s ~Receuil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant~, published in Paris in 1714 with a smaller German edition published by Christoph Weigel at Nüremberg in 1719 and 1721. This figure was based on pl. 43 of Vol. II of the German edition or pl. 91 of the first edition of 1714. It was widely copied at both Bow and Chelsea.