A Meissen figure of the dancing Harlequin with jug
circa 1740
Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, holding a jug in the left hand and a hat in the right, wearing a mask and a chevron-patterned costume with red and white sleeves, yellow, blue, red and white tunic, green, purple and black trousers and red shoes with yellow bows, 16.3cm high (restored, some losses)
Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, holding a jug in the left hand and a hat in the right, wearing a mask and a chevron-patterned costume with red and white sleeves, yellow, blue, red and white tunic, green, purple and black trousers and red shoes with yellow bows, 16.3cm high (restored, some losses)
Sold for
£108,000
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Gustav and Charlotte von Klemperer Collection, Dresden, to 1938;
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden - Porzellansammlung im Zwinger, Inv. no. PE 151, to 2010
Literature:
Schnorr von Carolsfeld 1928, no. 555;
Handt/Rakebrand 1956, no. 105
Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics
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