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Lot 162

A Nymphenburg pipe bowl in the shape of a Harlequin's head, circa 1757

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

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A Nymphenburg pipe bowl in the shape of a Harlequin's head, circa 1757

Modelled by F.A. Bustelli, Harlequin wearing a pilgrim's black hat applied with a scallop shell and a white ruff, the stem moulded with puce-edged shellwork, with a metal mount, 8.3cm high (small chips to hat)

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Another example which is in the Bäuml Collection is illustrated by A. Ziffer, Nymphenburger Porzellan, Sammlung Bäuml (1997), no. 61. Further ones are in the Bavarian National Museum, Munich, the Deutsche Tabakmuseum, Bünde and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

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