A MEISSEN FIGURE OF HARLEQUIN

CIRCA 1744, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO BACK, MODELLED BY P. REINICKE AND J.J. KNDLER

Details

A MEISSEN FIGURE OF HARLEQUIN
Circa 1744, blue crossed swords mark to back, modelled by P. Reinicke and J.J. Kndler
In gilt-edged jacket quartered in puce, yellow and white and green hose, standing with his thumbs tucked into his belt, a slap stick extending from his left hand, the white base applied with a flower
5in. (14cm.) high

Provenance

Philippe de Saintr Collection; Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 13-14 January 1950, lot 282

Lot Essay

See an Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 22 June 1992, lot 220. Also see Len and Yvonne Adams, Meissen Portrait Figures, London, 1987, p. 203, for a figure from the Duke of Weissenfels series also known as Harlequin Ancien.