- Porcelain. Hand painted. Seal on the base. - These two porcelain busts, depicting a pair of moretti in the style of 18th-century Venice, perfectly embody the Orientalist fervor that gripped the European imagination during the Rococo period. Beyond their individual representations, the figures function as symbols of the fantasy and exotic glamour of the era. Their presence in porcelain was not intended to achieve ethnographic accuracy, but rather to evoke a world of spices, silks, and distant lands—an idealized and theatrical "Orient" that became an obsession for the courts and the aristocracy. The pair of busts, with their fantastical attire and courtly demeanor, reflects a taste for the foreign and the decorative, where African and Turkish influences merged into a visual language of sophistication and whimsy that adorned Venetian cabinets and salons. They are, in essence, decorative objects that celebrate the European fascination with the other and the unknown. - Dimensions: 26 x 9 x 9 cm - In good overall condition. Minor flaws. - Montbaron Gallery includes a certificate of guarantee with all its lots.