A MEISSEN FIGURE OF DR. AVVOCATO from the Commecia dell'Arte, after the model by J.J. Kändler, in black tricorn hat, white mask and veil, long-sleeved red-lined yellow coat applied with blue rosettes, black breeches and shoes, cream gloves, holding a watch in his raised right hand, his left to his waist, standing on a pad base (restoration to hat and right hand, chip to hem of coat at base of firing crack), circa 1745

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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF DR. AVVOCATO from the Commecia dell'Arte, after the model by J.J. Kändler, in black tricorn hat, white mask and veil, long-sleeved red-lined yellow coat applied with blue rosettes, black breeches and shoes, cream gloves, holding a watch in his raised right hand, his left to his waist, standing on a pad base (restoration to hat and right hand, chip to hem of coat at base of firing crack), circa 1745
16cm. high

Lot Essay

Cf.Dr. Erika Pauls Eisenbeiss, op. cit., vol I, pp. 306-307 and Rainer Rückert, op. cit., no. 920; similar examples sold, Christie's Geneva, 17 November 1980, lot 99 and 3 December 1982, lot 72

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