A rare Meissen figure of the Dancing Harlequin, modelled by J.J Kändler, the porcelain circa 1738 - 1740, the decoration later

wearing a yellow hat and black mask, with a yellow, blue, black, red and green chequered jacket, the sleeves and his breeches with stripes and dots on purple and red grounds, holding a slapstick in his right hand and gesturing with his left, the base applied with flowers and leaves (some restoration)

J. Pierpont Morgan collection

hands restored, head restuck, slapstick previously restored and broken
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This figure of dancing Harlequin is often holding a sausage instead of a slapstick, most probably for Hanswurth, the German version of Harlequin whose attribute is a sausage (Wurst). For similar models, see R. Jansen, op. cit., fig. 15 and Bonham's, 8 December 2010, lot 43.