CIRCA 1741

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A Meissen porcelain Commedia dell'Arte figure of Pantalone
Circa 1741
Modelled by J.J. Kaendler from a group of Columbine and Pantalone, after the engraving Pantalon Ancien by F. Joullain after Callot (1728), painted in colours, the bearded Pantalone modelled bending forwards on his right leg, holding his left leg behind him, his hands behind his back under his long white cloak, wearing a red tunic and breeches ending in yellow tied ribbons on the side of his knees, a knife hanging on his left side from a black belt, further with white stockings and red shoes with black heels, a black cap on his head, the shaped base applied with leaves and a flowerhead
15.4 cm. high
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Lot Essay

See E. Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porcelain of the 18th Century, Volume I, London, 1972, p. 288-289 for a similar Meissen Pantalone figure.
M. Chilton, Harlequin Unmasked, The Commedia dell'Arte and Porcelain Sculpture, Toronto, 2001, p. 188 for a slightly earlier model of a comparable Pantalone by J.J. Kaendler (1736), and p. 78 for the group of Pantalone and Columbine by J.J. Kaendler (1741).

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