Lot Essay
For an example in the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, see Meredith Chilton, op. cit. (2001), p. 314, no. 118.
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CIRCA 1745
Details
A MEISSEN FIGURE OF MEZZETIN FROM THE COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE SERIES
CIRCA 1745
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, in a black snood, long white cloak, gilt-striped black jacket and pantaloons and black shoes with yellow bows, a dagger tucked into his white belt, gesturing with his arms and standing on a shaped circular mound base (nose, scabbard and tip of right foot restored replacements, both hands restuck, re-touching to gilding, areas of slight wear, snood with some mis-firing)
5 15/16 in. (15.1 cm.) high
CIRCA 1745
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, in a black snood, long white cloak, gilt-striped black jacket and pantaloons and black shoes with yellow bows, a dagger tucked into his white belt, gesturing with his arms and standing on a shaped circular mound base (nose, scabbard and tip of right foot restored replacements, both hands restuck, re-touching to gilding, areas of slight wear, snood with some mis-firing)
5 15/16 in. (15.1 cm.) high
Provenance
With Rosenau, Paris.
Exhibited
Musée Ariana, Geneva, 1999.
Special notice
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