Lot Essay
Cf. Rainer Rckert, Meissener Porzellan (1966), p. 234, no. 962 and the similar examples sold in these Rooms on 12 October 1995, lot 32 and by Christie's Geneva on 11 May 1981, lot 95.
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CIRCA 1744, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO BACK OF BASE
Details
A Meissen figure of Capitano Spavento from the Commedia dell'Arte series made for the Duke of Weissenfels
Circa 1744, blue crossed swords mark to back of base
Modelled by J.J. Kndler and P. Reinicke, wearing a gilt-edged black tricorn hat, gilt-edged white coat, mauve waistcoat and yellow breeches, a gilt sword suspended at his left side, standing in a flamboyant pose with his right arm behind his back and his left hand resting on his hip, before a tree-stump on a shaped circular mound base applied with a flower and foliage (two leaves of base chipped)
5.3/8 in. (13.5 cm.) high
Circa 1744, blue crossed swords mark to back of base
Modelled by J.J. Kndler and P. Reinicke, wearing a gilt-edged black tricorn hat, gilt-edged white coat, mauve waistcoat and yellow breeches, a gilt sword suspended at his left side, standing in a flamboyant pose with his right arm behind his back and his left hand resting on his hip, before a tree-stump on a shaped circular mound base applied with a flower and foliage (two leaves of base chipped)
5.3/8 in. (13.5 cm.) high