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Harlequin and Colombine


Comedy Group
Made at: Bow Manufactory (England)
Modeled by: The Muses Modeler (English)
English
about 1750–53

Medium/Technique Soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration
Dimensions Height: 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.956
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionItalian Comedy Group. Modeled as a seated Columbine with iron-red feathers, puce ruff, yellow bodice, iron-red and green flowered skirt, the black-face Harlequin in a chequered suit in blue, iron-red, yellow and black, on a scrolling rock-work base.
ProvenanceAnonymous. October 28, 1969, sale, Christie's, London, lot 96. Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger, New York