Lot 684
  • 684

A Frankenthal figure of Columbine from the Commedia dell’Arte, circa 1755

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • porcelain
  • 14.2cm., 5 5/8 in. high
modelled by J. W. Lanz, wearing a black cloak over a puce bodice painted with flowers, holding her skirt painted with stars and sprigs, upon a gilt and puce scroll-edged base, rampant lion mark in underglaze-blue, incised letters P H for Paul Hannong,

Literature

This figure is taken from the engraving Fêtes vénitienes by Laurent Cars after the painting Un bal vénitien by Watteau. For the model see. Friedrich H. Hofmann, Frankenthaler Porzellan, Band I, Munich, 1911, taf. 15, no. 50 and R. Jansen (ed.), Commedia dell'Arte Fest der Komödianten, Düsseldorf, 2001, p. 107, no. 96.

Condition

The tip of her right shoe is restored and there are small chips to the ribbon on her bodice only.
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