Live Auction 5962Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
A VIENNA WHITE FIGURE OF CUPID IN DISGUISE AS HARLEQUIN
Lot 138

A VIENNA WHITE FIGURE OF CUPID IN DISGUISE AS HARLEQUIN

CIRCA 1750, BLUE SHIELD MARK, IMPRESSED MODELLER'S P FOR ANTON PAYER, INCISED A

Closed28 November 2012

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GBP 562

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A VIENNA WHITE FIGURE OF CUPID IN DISGUISE AS HARLEQUIN
CIRCA 1750, BLUE SHIELD MARK, IMPRESSED MODELLER'S P FOR ANTON PAYER, INCISED A
Modelled standing barefoot by a tree-stump with his left leg forward, his hat tilted and wearing a belted tunic, holding a mask and a slapstick, on a mound base (tip of slapstick chipped, chip to underside of base)
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high

With Daniela Kumpf, Wiesbaden, from whom it was acquired on 16 June 2006.

Specialist note

This model is probably from a series of 'verkleidete Amoretten' (Cupids in disguise) inspired by Meissen originals; see Meredith Chilton, Harlequin Unmasked, The Commedia dell'Arte and Porcelain Sculpture, Singapore, 2001, p. 273, nos. 10 and 11 for other models from the same series.