Live Auction 16722The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: English & European Furniture, Ceramics and Decorations, Part II
A FURSTENBERG PORCELAIN COMMEDIA DELL' ARTE FIGURE OF 'PANTALOONE'
Lot 736

A FURSTENBERG PORCELAIN COMMEDIA DELL' ARTE FIGURE OF 'PANTALOONE'

CIRCA 1752, INCISED SCRIPT I. OR J. / .N.F., PAINTED 32, MODELED BY SIMON FEILNER

Closed10 May 2018

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A FURSTENBERG PORCELAIN COMMEDIA DELL' ARTE FIGURE OF 'PANTALOONE'
CIRCA 1752, INCISED SCRIPT I. OR J. / .N.F., PAINTED 32, MODELED BY SIMON FEILNER
Modeled as a woman in the guise of Pantalone, wearing a pearl necklace and ermine-lined cap
8 in. (20.2 cm.) high

Lucy Truman Aldrich, Providence, Rhode Island.
Winthrop Rockefeller, 1955-73.

Specialist note

For another example of this rare model in the Pfleuger collection and formerly in the Blohm collection, identified as 'Pantaloone,' see H. Morely-Fletcher, Early European Porcelain & Faience as Collected by Kiyi and Edward Pfleuger, vol. I, London, 1993, pp. 140-1.