拍品信息
拍品名称
A rare Longton Hall white 'Snowman' Commedia dell' Arte figure of Pantalone, circa 1750-52
起拍价
GBP 2,500
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Modelled stepping forward as if to bow, wearing a cap and a voluminous cloak, a short sword at his waist, his suit with a falling collar and knee-length breeches, on a mound base applied with leaves and flowers, 10.5cm high
Footnotes
Provenance
Faith and Dewayne Perry Collection, Simon Spero exhibition, 2008, no.24
Literature
White, Mary, People at the Whites' House, Vol.5, 2024, p.87
The original Meissen version of this figure by Peter Reinicke is from the series created for the Duke of Weissenfels, based upon the engraving by Joullain after Jacques Callot, see Meredith Chilton, Harlequin Unmasked, 2001, no.105, fig.316. The present figure may have been copied from a Chelsea or Bow version rather than directly from Meissen. For a Chelsea figure of Scapin after a Meissen Commedia dell'Arte original from the same series, see lot 149 in this sale.
Footnotes
Provenance
Faith and Dewayne Perry Collection, Simon Spero exhibition, 2008, no.24
Literature
White, Mary, People at the Whites' House, Vol.5, 2024, p.87
The original Meissen version of this figure by Peter Reinicke is from the series created for the Duke of Weissenfels, based upon the engraving by Joullain after Jacques Callot, see Meredith Chilton, Harlequin Unmasked, 2001, no.105, fig.316. The present figure may have been copied from a Chelsea or Bow version rather than directly from Meissen. For a Chelsea figure of Scapin after a Meissen Commedia dell'Arte original from the same series, see lot 149 in this sale.
