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Lot 44

Statuette en porcelaine de Meissen (directorat de Marcolini) représentant Covielle, circa 1774-1814

A Marcolini Meissen figure of Corviello, circa 1774-1814

31 October 2024, 14:00 CET
Paris, Avenue Hoche

€4,000 - €6,000

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Statuette en porcelaine de Meissen (directorat de Marcolini) représentant Covielle, circa 1774-1814

A Marcolini Meissen figure of Corviello, circa 1774-1814


Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, wearing a grey hat, black and red mask, brown tunic and trousers with gilt stripes and buttons, a puce-lined yellow cape, yellow shoes, and a dagger at his waist to his left, on a square base with rockwork support moulded with floral scrollwork borders heightened in gilding, 17cm high, crossed swords mark, asterisk and indistinct numeral in underglaze-blue to rear edge of base, incised model number D 43 to rear edge of base (restored chips to brim of hat, left arm cleanly restuck at elbow)

Footnotes

Provenance:
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 15 May 1979, lot 75

Literature:
Siemen, Wilhelm (ed.), Von den Ursprüngen des europäischen Porzellans bis zum Art Déco, 2010, cat. no. 61, p. 102

Exhibited:
Selb and Hohenberg a.d. Eger, Porzellanikon - Staatliches Museum für Porzellan, Königstraum und Massenware. 300 Jahr europäisches Porzellan, 24 April to 2 November 2010;
Hohenberg a.d. Eger, Porzellanikon - Staatliches Museum für Porzellan, 2018-2023

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