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Statuette en porcelaine de Meissen de la série des figures de la commedia dell'arte pour le duc de Weissenfels, représentant Arlequine dansante, circa 1745
A Meissen figure of Harlequine dancing from the Duke of Weissenfels series, circa 1745
A Meissen figure of Harlequine dancing from the Duke of Weissenfels series, circa 1745
31 October 2024, 14:00 CET
Paris, Avenue Hoche€2,000 - €3,000
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Statuette en porcelaine de Meissen de la série des figures de la commedia dell'arte pour le duc de Weissenfels, représentant Arlequine dansante, circa 1745
A Meissen figure of Harlequine dancing from the Duke of Weissenfels series, circa 1745
A Meissen figure of Harlequine dancing from the Duke of Weissenfels series, circa 1745
Modelled by P. Reinicke, holding a slapstick under her left arm, wearing a turquoise hat with yellow bow, a tunic with panels of flowers, coloured chevrons and stripes, a black bodice with a turquoise bow, gilt-edged white dress with a blue sash around the waist and white shoes with blue ribbons, 13.3cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to rear of base (head and right hand restuck)
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Provenance:
C.H. Fischer Collection, Dresden, sold at J.M. Herberle, Cologne, 22-25 October 1906, lot. 163;
Gustav von Gerhardt Collection, Budapest, sold at Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin, 7-9 November 1911, lot 141
The figure of Harlequine dancing was reworked in October 1747 by Reinicke (his work notes record "Eine tanzende Arlequinin aus der italienischen Comoedie in Thon reparirt" [a dancing Harlequine from the Italian Comedy repaired in clay]), and Kaendler ("Ein Tantzendes Fugurlein Corrigiret, Welches ein Frauen Zimmer vorstellet" [corrected a dancing figure, which depicts a woman]. See Meredith Chilton, Harlequin Unmasked, 2001, p. 310, cat. 104, for the example in the Gardiner Museum. Other examples of this rare figure were sold at Bonhams London, 14 May 2008, lot 70, and in these Rooms, 15 November 2023, lot 123.
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