A rare 'Commedia dell'Arte' group 'Scaramouche and Columbine'
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meißen 1775)
Lot-No. 553
Proceeds : 21.000 €
Meissen, middel of 18th cent. Design from around 1741. Polychrome painted group on a naturalistic base with a small tree. Scaramouche tenderly caressing Columbine, who is holding a bird cage in her left arm. Between their feet a small dog. Crossed swords in u'glaze blue. Very min. rest. H. 17,5 cm. - See: Menzhausen/Karpinski, In Porzellan verzaubert. Die Figuren Johann Joachim Kändlers in Meißen aus der Sammlung Pauls-Eisenbeiss Basel, Basel 1993, pp. 138-139.
Johann Joachim Kaendler: A rare 'Commedia dell'Arte' group 'Scaramouche and Columbine'
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meißen 1775)
A rare 'Commedia dell'Arte' group 'Scaramouche and Columbine'
Lot-No. 553
Proceeds : 21.000 €
Meissen, middel of 18th cent. Design from around 1741. Polychrome painted group on a naturalistic base with a small tree. Scaramouche tenderly caressing Columbine, who is holding a bird cage in her left arm. Between their feet a small dog. Crossed swords in u'glaze blue. Very min. rest. H. 17,5 cm. - See: Menzhausen/Karpinski, In Porzellan verzaubert. Die Figuren Johann Joachim Kändlers in Meißen aus der Sammlung Pauls-Eisenbeiss Basel, Basel 1993, pp. 138-139.
