A BOW COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE FIGURE OF HARLEQUIN
CIRCA 1760-62
After a Chelsea model, wearing a pale brown hat with pink feather, black mask and typical costume, in a theatrical pose with his right arm raised to his chest and holding a slapstick in his left hand, standing before a tree-stump, the mound base painted in puce with foliate scrolls (restored section to hat brim, small chips to edge of jacket and to leaves on tree-stump)
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high
A BOW COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE FIGURE OF HARLEQUIN
CIRCA 1760-62
After a Chelsea model, wearing a pale brown hat with pink feather, black mask and typical costume, in a theatrical pose with his right arm raised to his chest and holding a slapstick in his left hand, standing before a tree-stump, the mound base painted in puce with foliate scrolls (restored section to hat brim, small chips to edge of jacket and to leaves on tree-stump)
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high
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