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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN RUSSIAN BALLET FIGURE OF THE HARLEQUIN 'BAJAZZO' AND A OFFENBACH OPERA FIGURE OF 'MASKENTÄNZER'
Lot 319 PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION 

A MEISSEN PORCELAIN RUSSIAN BALLET FIGURE OF THE HARLEQUIN 'BAJAZZO' AND A OFFENBACH OPERA FIGURE OF 'MASKENTÄNZER'

BAJAZZO CIRCA 1919-23, MASKENTÄNZER WITH DATE CYPHER FOR 1952, BOTH WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, MODEL NOS. F.261 AND A.1194, VARIOUS IMPRESSED AND PAINTED NUMERALS, BOTH MODELED BY PAUL SCHEURICH

Closed18 April 2013

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN RUSSIAN BALLET FIGURE OF THE HARLEQUIN 'BAJAZZO' AND A OFFENBACH OPERA FIGURE OF 'MASKENTÄNZER'
BAJAZZO CIRCA 1919-23, MASKENTÄNZER WITH DATE CYPHER FOR 1952, BOTH WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, MODEL NOS. F.261 AND A.1194, VARIOUS IMPRESSED AND PAINTED NUMERALS, BOTH MODELED BY PAUL SCHEURICH
Bajazzo modeled standing, his left hand raised to his chin, the other resting on his right hip and holding a baton; Maskentänzer modeled mid-stride wearing an extraordinary cap with long trailing feathers and posed admiring a grotesque mask
10½ in. (26.7 cm.) high and 10¼ in. (26 cm.) high, respectively (2)

Specialist note

The design for 'Bajazzo' was introduced at the Meissen Manufactory in 1919-1923 and is based on the legendary role performed by Vaslav Nijinsky . See J. Rafael, Paul Scheurich 1883-1945, Porzellane für die Meissener Manufaktur, Meissener Manuskripte, Sonderband VIII, Meissen, 1996, p. 45, ill. 12.2 and p. 44, pl. 12.1 for the corresponding costume design by Leon Bakst. The design for Maskentänzer was introduced at the Meissen Manufactory in 1932/33. For a similar example see, Ibid., p. 109, illus. 51.3. This model is thought to have been inpsired by the 16th century drawing by Callot, see pl. 51.2.