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19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AT BACK
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A CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN FIGURE OF HARLEQUIN TEASING A CAT WITH A BIRD
19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AT BACK
After the Meissen model by J.F. Eberlein, he modelled seated on rockwork beside an open birdcage, holding a bird in his right hand and watching a crouching cat below, wearing a tunic with playing cards, puce-scale pattern, chequered and turquoise panels, pale-yellow trousers and white shoes with purple rosettes, on a mound base applied with flowers and leaves (very slight chip to petal of one flower)
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high
19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AT BACK
After the Meissen model by J.F. Eberlein, he modelled seated on rockwork beside an open birdcage, holding a bird in his right hand and watching a crouching cat below, wearing a tunic with playing cards, puce-scale pattern, chequered and turquoise panels, pale-yellow trousers and white shoes with purple rosettes, on a mound base applied with flowers and leaves (very slight chip to petal of one flower)
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high
Provenance
With Albert Amor, London (according to paper label).
The Collection of the Late Harry Manfield, Esq; Sotheby's, London, 15 February 1945, lot 123.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 22 February 1991, lot 106.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 17 June 1997, lot 122.
The Collection of the Late Harry Manfield, Esq; Sotheby's, London, 15 February 1945, lot 123.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 22 February 1991, lot 106.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 17 June 1997, lot 122.
Literature
Birte Abraham, Commedia Dell'Arte, The Patricia & Rodes Hart Collection of European Porcelain and Faience, Amsterdam, 2010, pp. 32-33.
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