A Meissen porcelain figure of harlequin playing bagpipes - image-1

Lot 543 Dα

A Meissen porcelain figure of harlequin playing bagpipes

Auction 1066 - overview Cologne
20.05.2016, 10:30 - Silver and Porcelain
Estimate: 600 € - 800 €
Result: 868 € (incl. premium)

A Meissen porcelain figure of harlequin playing bagpipes

Blue crossed swords mark to the back of the base. Restored. H 13 cm.
Ca. 1740 - 45, the model by Johann Joachim Kaendler, 1736.

Literature

Cf. a similar figure in the Porzellansammlung in Dresden (in: Pietsch, Meißener Porzellanplastik, Munich 2006, no. 91).