A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A HARLEQUIN BAGPIPER
A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A HARLEQUIN BAGPIPER

CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO THE UNDERSIDE

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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A HARLEQUIN BAGPIPER
Circa 1740, blue crossed swords mark to the underside
Harlequin wearing iron-red tricorn hat, blue and yellow biforcated jacket, the yellow sleeve and side painted with playing cards, similarly biforcated black and yellow breeches, his face applied with circular and star-form patches, the black leg reserved with playing cards, iron-red shoes and yellow heels and turquoise ribbons, seated on a rock playing a musette

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