A Furstenberg figure of Bagolin mit zither

CIRCA 1753-1754, FAINTLY IMPRESSED G 22

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A Furstenberg figure of Bagolin mit zither
Circa 1753-1754, faintly impressed G 22
Modelled by Simon Feilner from the Commedia dell' Arte series after an engraving by Johann Jakob Wolrob, the repairer Ferdinand Jürgens, painted in green, lilac and yellow, the standing figure wearing a striped snood, white collar and purple-striped tunic with green-lined purple cloak and holding a yellow zither, on tree-stump mount base applied with flowers (restored to the hands)
Circa 19.8cm. (7 5/8 in.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. C. Scherer, Fürstenberger Porzellan (Berlin 1909), p. 10
S. Ducret, Fürstenberg Porzellan (Braunschweig 1965), Band III, p. 24, ill. 24 and 25
A. Lorenz, Weisses Gold aus Fürstenberg (Braunschweig 1988), p. 239, ill. 160

One in the Kestner Museum, Hannover with Ritzzeichen G 22

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