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CIRCA 1745, SHE WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
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A MATCHED PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE FIGURES OF HARLEQUIN AND COLUMBINE AS MUSICIANS
CIRCA 1745, SHE WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Harlequin as a bagpipe player with a drooping black moustache, Columbine playing a hurdy-gurdy
5 ½ in. (14 cm.) high, Harlequin
CIRCA 1745, SHE WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Harlequin as a bagpipe player with a drooping black moustache, Columbine playing a hurdy-gurdy
5 ½ in. (14 cm.) high, Harlequin
Provenance
Acquired from Delomosne & Son, Ltd., London, October 1951.
Literature
D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, p. 56, no. 29.
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