Sold for:
$823
$823
Farkass Automaton of a Turkish Smoker, with composition head, open mouth and blue glass eyes, holding agizlik mouthpiece connected to hookah pipe at his feet, his left hand holding feather fan, sitting cross-legged on cushion on velvet-covered base containing two-air cylinder movement causing the figure to look from side to side, fan himself and raise the mouthpiece, the smoke pulled through bellows in the base and exhaled from his lips, in original silk harem pants, waistcoat and turban, ht. 13 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-10-28
