Lot Essay
See S. Ducret, ibid., Vol. II, p. 207, pl. 361 for an illustration of the original plaster model of this figure which still includes the instrument.
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CIRCA 1780, BLUE Z ·· MARK, IMPRESSED K AND 4
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A ZÜRICH FIGURE OF A HARPIST
CIRCA 1780, BLUE Z ·· MARK, IMPRESSED K AND 4
Modelled wearing a plumed cap, a white chemise, pink gilt-edged bodice and pink skirt, seated on a high-backed chair on a marbled stepped square plinth base (harp lacking, one plume lacking from hat, minor chipping to edge of base)
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high
CIRCA 1780, BLUE Z ·· MARK, IMPRESSED K AND 4
Modelled wearing a plumed cap, a white chemise, pink gilt-edged bodice and pink skirt, seated on a high-backed chair on a marbled stepped square plinth base (harp lacking, one plume lacking from hat, minor chipping to edge of base)
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Dir. Paul Oberer Collection, Porza
With Otto Büel, from whom it was acquired in 1959.
With Otto Büel, from whom it was acquired in 1959.
Literature
Siegfried Ducret, Die Zürcher Porzellanmanufaktur (Zürich, 1958), Vol. II, p. 207, pl. 360.
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