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Groupe en porcelaine de Meissen répresentant Colombine et Pantalon, circa 1741
A Meissen group of Columbine and Pantalone, circa 1741
A Meissen group of Columbine and Pantalone, circa 1741
31 October 2024, 14:00 CET
Paris, Avenue Hoche€12,000 - €18,000
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Groupe en porcelaine de Meissen répresentant Colombine et Pantalon, circa 1741
A Meissen group of Columbine and Pantalone, circa 1741
A Meissen group of Columbine and Pantalone, circa 1741
Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, Columbine holding a mask in her right hand and caressing Pantalone's beard with the left, wearing a gilt-edged, grey-lined turquoise cloak with red ribbon and bow, ruff collar, yellow bodice and a purple skirt with purple and gilt flower sprigs, Pantalone wearing a black skull cap, long black jacket, iron-red costume with yellow bows at the knees and yellow shoes, the base applied with leaves and flowers, 16cm high, (minor restoration)
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Provenance:
The Property of Brigadier R.B.T. Daniell, D.S.O., sold at Sotheby's London, 15 May 1979, lot 97
Originally modelled in 1736, Kaendler reworked this group for a second time creating a third version in 1741 as the moulds had again become worn and unusable. It is listed in his work records in July 1741: "Ein Croppgen den Pataleon Vorstellet nebst seinen bey sich habenden Frauen Zimmer Völlig erneuert solches aufs Sauberste auspoussiret und aufs neue brauchbar gemacht Weiln die Forme Vorhero gäntzl. Ruiniret und unbrauchbar worden" [A group depicting Pantalone with a figure of a lady next to him completely renewed, cleaned up and made usable as new because the moulds were completely ruined and unusable]; and again the following month, when he records that the model was cut and prepared for moulding.
The second version of this group of 1738 from the Merkle Collection was sold in these Rooms, 17 April 2024, lot 6.
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