MEISSEN - Lot 227

MEISSEN Porcelain figure from Italian comedy depicting the avvocato, standing, holding a showing in his right hand, dressed in a long pink cape with green bows, wearing a mask, topped with a black tricorne hat. Model by Jean Joachim Kaendler. 18th century, circa 1740-1745. H. 15.6 cm. Restored chips on the brim of the hat. 3 000 / 5 000 € See Meredith Chilton, Harlequin Unmasked Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, pp. 58- 61 illustrating the Gardiner Museum example, figs. 74 and 75 and Yvonne Hackenbroch, Meissen and other Continental Porcelain, Faience and Enamel in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, London, 1956, pl. 41, fig. 47b. for the example in the Metropolitan Museum, New York.