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Figure of Harlequin

Made by: Fürstenberg Manufactory (Germany)
Modeled by: Simon Feilner (1726–1798)
German
about 1754
Object Place: Germany

Medium/Technique Hard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilded decoration
Dimensions Height: 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.880
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionStanding, his left foot forward and his right hand raised, his suit checkered in green, blue, red and yellow.
Marks incised FF2 mark
ProvenanceOtto Blohm (b. 1870 - d. 1944) and Magdalena Blohm (b. 1879 - d. 1950), Hamburg, Caracas, and New York; July 4, 1960, Blohm sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 176c, probably to Edward M. Pflueger (b. 1905 - d. 1997) and Kiyi Powers Pflueger (b. 1915 - d. 2006), New York; 2006, bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 26, 2006)