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Lot Essay
The present model is from the series of Commedia figures modelled by Peter Reineke for Johann-Adolf II, duke of Sachsen-Weissenfels 1743-1745. See Meredith Chilton, Harlequin Unmasked, The Commedia dell'Arte and Porcelain Sculpture, London, 2001, no. 101 for a complete discussion of the commission and J.J. Kändler's contribution, no. 107 for the example in the George R. Gardner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto.
See also Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, Munich, 1966, no. 958, tafel 233 and J. Jefferson Miller II, et al., Catalogue of the Hans Syz Collection, Meissen Porcelain and Hausmalerei, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 1979, no. 297 for other examples.
See also Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, Munich, 1966, no. 958, tafel 233 and J. Jefferson Miller II, et al., Catalogue of the Hans Syz Collection, Meissen Porcelain and Hausmalerei, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 1979, no. 297 for other examples.