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Lot 204

A Vienna figure of a bagpipe player with puppets, circa 1760

14 June 2017, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£700 - £900

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A Vienna figure of a bagpipe player with puppets, circa 1760

Modelled wearing a fur gilet, striped scarf and puce coat and breeches, playing the bagpipes, a board with puppets at his feet, 20.5cm high, shield mark in underglaze-blue, impressed P (minor restoration to extremities)

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Provenance:
Karl Mayer Collection, Vienna, sold by Glückselig, Vienna, 19-21 November 1928, lot 387

A similar figure is illustrated in E. Sturm-Bednarczyk/E. Sladek, Ceremonies, feasts, costumes (2007), cat.no. 301 (or E. Sturm-Bednarczyk/E. Sladek, Zeremonien - Feste - Kostüme (2010), no. 227).

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