Lot Essay
Cf. the example illustrated by Hermann Jedding, Meissener Porzellan (1982), no. 211 and Dr. Erika Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porcelain of the 18th Century, pp. 350-351.
MEISSEN FIGURES
A Meissen group of Pantaloon and Columbine
CIRCA 1741
Details
A Meissen group of Pantaloon and Columbine
Circa 1741
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, Pantaloon in black cap and flowing cloak, red suit and yellow shoes standing beside Columbine seated in grey-lined puce cloak, pink bodice and yellow dress with indianische Blumen, holding a mask on a mound base applied with coloured flowers (restoration to index finger of her left hand and her shoe, crack to base extending up the back of Pantaloon's cloak, minute chipping to extremities)
6¼in. (16cm.) high
Circa 1741
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, Pantaloon in black cap and flowing cloak, red suit and yellow shoes standing beside Columbine seated in grey-lined puce cloak, pink bodice and yellow dress with indianische Blumen, holding a mask on a mound base applied with coloured flowers (restoration to index finger of her left hand and her shoe, crack to base extending up the back of Pantaloon's cloak, minute chipping to extremities)
6¼in. (16cm.) high