Lot 654 D α

A rare pair of Frankenthal porcelain figures of Hanswurst and Columbine.

Auction 1048 - overview Cologne
15.05.2015, 17:00 - Porcelain and Ceramics
Estimate: 10.000 € - 15.000 €

A rare pair of Frankenthal porcelain figures of Hanswurst and Columbine.

The undersides flattened, unmarked. The Hanswurst's head reattached, the slapstick broken, small chips. H 12.5 cm.
Modelled by Johann Wilhelm Lanz, ca. 1758, probably formed 1759 - 62.

Literature

A further pair of figures in the Pauls-Eisenbeiss collection, Riehen (cat. Commedia dell´Arte, Stuttgart 2001, no. 94 f.).