A Meissen figure of Harlequin the porcelain circa 1725, the decoration later

modelled standing with his right arm raised before a tree stump, on a rectangular bevelled base, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue.

Otto Buel, Lucerne, sold in 1949
The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973

The slab or the object he is holding in his hand is chipped away. There is some very minor and occasional flaking to the yellow enamel on his jacket and pants. There are several small and shallow chips to the edge of the base or underside of the base, which is not disfiguring. There is a minuscule pinhead chip to the edge of his right shoe.
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A similar undecorated model is illustrated by Brian Haughton, http://haughtongallery.co.uk/portfolio/meissen-commedia-figure/, where Meredith Chilton notes that this model is one of the earliest depictions of the Commedia dell'arte genre in porcelain. She further states that it is "most likely part of a group of 161 small plaster models of dwarves of various nationalities, chess pieces and other sculpture, that were acquired by Meissen from Augsburg in 1725."