A NYMPHENBURG PORCELAIN COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE WHITE-GLAZED FIGURE OF IL DOTTORE
A NYMPHENBURG PORCELAIN COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE WHITE-GLAZED FIGURE OF IL DOTTORE
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A NYMPHENBURG PORCELAIN COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE WHITE-GLAZED FIGURE OF IL DOTTORE

CIRCA 1765, IMPRESSED BAVARIAN SHIELD, P AND CYPHER, AFTER THE MODEL BY F.A. BUSTELLI

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A NYMPHENBURG PORCELAIN COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE WHITE-GLAZED FIGURE OF IL DOTTORE
CIRCA 1765, IMPRESSED BAVARIAN SHIELD, P AND CYPHER, AFTER THE MODEL BY F.A. BUSTELLI
Pointing with his right hand to his forehead, in wide brimmed hat standing on a rocaille scroll molded base
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) high
Provenance
Edmund W. Mudge, Jr.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 8 October 1985, lot 360.

Lot Essay

See the colored example of Il Dottore which was sold Christie's, London, 28 March, 1977, lot 159, and again at Christie's, New York, 21 November, 1980, lot 364, now in the George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto. A colored example is also illustrated in A. Ziffer, Nymphenburger Porzellan, Sammlung Bäuml, Stuttgart, 1997, p. 65, no. 101.

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