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Lot 1396 Dα

A Meissen porcelain snuff bottle formed as a figure of harlequin with a dog

Auction 1230 - overview Cologne
17.11.2023, 10:00 - Decorative Arts - Silver, Porcelain, Faience
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
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A Meissen porcelain snuff bottle formed as a figure of harlequin with a dog

Gilt metal mounted flask designed as a finely painted group. Unmarked, the base painted with "indianische blumen". A restored chip to the edge of the base. H 9 cm.
1740s.

Provenance

The Dott. Guido Rossi Collection, Milan.
Private collection Westphalia, sold Lempertz Cologne auction 1208 on 18 November 2022, lot 1137.

Literature

Cf. Brattig (ed.), Meissen, Barockes Porzellan, Stuttgart-Köln 2010, cat. no. 72, for a later example of the same model.
This model from the collection of Gustav and Charlotte von Klemperer also housed in the Porzellansammlung Dresden (inv. no. PE 1888).