CIRCA 1742, TRACES OF BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK

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A MEISSEN GROUP OF 'THE SPANISH DANCERS'
CIRCA 1742, TRACES OF BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, Beltrame wearing a ruff, black jacket with slashed sleeves and red rosettes, matching breeches and yellow shoes, a cloak over his shoulder and a cap under his arm, in an amorous pose holding his companion's arm and hand, Columbine in a feathered bonnet, a ruff, a black and turquoise bodice with Sgraffito scrolls, gilt and purple flowered puce crinoline and turquoise underskirt, on a shaped oval mound base applied with coloured flowers and foliage (left hands restuck, her hat restored, crinoline with section restuck at reverse, restored chipping to hem, flaking to black enamel, his jacket lacquered probably to disguise flaking, left arm with restored chip, crack through base and part of reverse, some chipping to flowers and foliage, some wear to gilding)
7 15/16 in. (18.8 cm.) high

Provenance

With Segal, Basel.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

See Meredith Chilton, Harlequin Unmasked, The Commedia dell'Arte and Porcelain Sculpture (2001), pp. 300-301, no. 83 for the example in the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, and a list of other known examples. Also see Dr. Erika Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porcelain of the 18th Century (London, 1972), Vol. I, pp. 202-203 for the example formerly in the Pannwitz Collection now in the Pauls-Eisenbeiss Collection, Switzerland.

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