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Lot 156

A Meissen figure of Harlequin with a birdcage, circa 1745

3 December 2020, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A Meissen figure of Harlequin with a birdcage, circa 1745

Modelled by J.F. Eberlein, Harlequin wearing a brightly-patterned tunic decorated with a diamond pattern and playing cards, white trousers and purple shoes with yellow bows, seated on a rock and holding a bird above his head, a birdcage beside him, the base applied with leaves and flowers, 13.5cm high, (right hand restuck, edge of one flower restored)

Footnotes

Eberlein's work records from August 1743 'Einen Arlequin, so einen Vogel in der Hand, neben sich einen Vogelbauer und eine Katze zu Fuessen hat' [a Harlequin, a bird in his hand, next to him a birdcage and a cat at his feet]. The present example seems to be a slight variation without the cat on the base. A similar example in the Gardiner Museum, Toronto, is illustrated by M. Chilton, Harlequin Unmasked (2001), cat. no. 98.

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