CIRCA 1755, RED ANCHOR MARK TO BACK OF BASE

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A CHELSEA PORCELAIN FIGURE OF PIERROT
CIRCA 1755, RED ANCHOR MARK TO BACK OF BASE
Modelled by Joseph Willems, playing a pipe in his left hand and a drum with his right hand
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high

Provenance

With Armin B. Allen, London.
With Errol Manners, London, from whom acquired, 19 May 2005.

Literature

Birte Abraham, Commedia dell'Arte, The Patricia & Rodes Hart Collection of European Porcelain and Faience, Amsterdam, 2010, pp. 174-175.

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Lot Essay

For a similar example in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, on loan from the collection of Lord and Lady Fisher, see Reinhard Jansen (ed.), Commedia dell'Arte, Fest der Komödianten, Keramische Kostbarkeiten aus den Museen der Welt, Stuttgart, 2001, p. 239, no. 248.

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