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A Rare Longton Hall Commedia dell'Arte Figure of a Hurdy-Gurdy Player and a Bow Commedia dell'Arte F
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A Rare Longton Hall Commedia dell'Arte Figure of a Hurdy-Gurdy Player and a Bow Commedia dell'Arte Figure of Harlequin, Circa 1755
the Longton Hall figure, modeled seated playing a hurdy-gurdy, her skirt finely painted with playing cards and flowers, her dress picked out in bright green and yellow, upon a small mound base applied with flowers;
the Bow Figure, after the Meissen model, seated on a mount base playing bagpipes, painted in pale yellow and puce, his jacket embellished with painted playing cards.
Height of tallest: 4 7/8 in.
12.4 cm
Provenance
Longton Hall Figure:
Sotheby's London, May 22, 1984, lot 143;
Barbara Leake Collection, England;
Bonhams London, March 12, 2008, lot 77
Catalogue note
Perhaps as little as four examples of this figure in Longton Hall porcelain have appeared at auction in the 20th century: a second was sold at Sotheby's London, May 27, 1986, lot 105; a third, with its pair, sold at Christie's London, November 19, 1979, lot 65; and a fourth was in Thomas Burn Collection, Rous Lench Court, sold, in the same rooms, May 30, 1990, lot 420, illustrated in Bernard Watney, Longton Hall Porcelain, London 1957, pl. 40B.
A Bow Harlequin painted in this palette, together with the companion figure of Columbine, was sold at Sotheby's London, May 25, 1993, lot 289.
the Longton Hall figure, modeled seated playing a hurdy-gurdy, her skirt finely painted with playing cards and flowers, her dress picked out in bright green and yellow, upon a small mound base applied with flowers;
the Bow Figure, after the Meissen model, seated on a mount base playing bagpipes, painted in pale yellow and puce, his jacket embellished with painted playing cards.
Height of tallest: 4 7/8 in.
12.4 cm
Provenance
Longton Hall Figure:
Sotheby's London, May 22, 1984, lot 143;
Barbara Leake Collection, England;
Bonhams London, March 12, 2008, lot 77
Catalogue note
Perhaps as little as four examples of this figure in Longton Hall porcelain have appeared at auction in the 20th century: a second was sold at Sotheby's London, May 27, 1986, lot 105; a third, with its pair, sold at Christie's London, November 19, 1979, lot 65; and a fourth was in Thomas Burn Collection, Rous Lench Court, sold, in the same rooms, May 30, 1990, lot 420, illustrated in Bernard Watney, Longton Hall Porcelain, London 1957, pl. 40B.
A Bow Harlequin painted in this palette, together with the companion figure of Columbine, was sold at Sotheby's London, May 25, 1993, lot 289.
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A Rare Longton Hall Commedia dell'Arte Figure of a Hurdy-Gurdy Player and a Bow Commedia dell'Arte Figure of Harlequin, Circa 1755
the Longton Hall figure, modeled seated playing a hurdy-gurdy, her skirt finely painted with playing cards and flowers, her dress picked out in bright green and yellow, upon a small mound base applied with flowers;
the Bow Figure, after the Meissen model, seated on a mount base playing bagpipes, painted in pale yellow and puce, his jacket embellished with painted playing cards.
Height of tallest: 4 7/8 in.
12.4 cm
Provenance
Longton Hall Figure:
Sotheby's London, May 22, 1984, lot 143;
Barbara Leake Collection, England;
Bonhams London, March 12, 2008, lot 77
Catalogue note
Perhaps as little as four examples of this figure in Longton Hall porcelain have appeared at auction in the 20th century: a second was sold at Sotheby's London, May 27, 1986, lot 105; a third, with its pair, sold at Christie's London, November 19, 1979, lot 65; and a fourth was in Thomas Burn Collection, Rous Lench Court, sold, in the same rooms, May 30, 1990, lot 420, illustrated in Bernard Watney, Longton Hall Porcelain, London 1957, pl. 40B.
A Bow Harlequin painted in this palette, together with the companion figure of Columbine, was sold at Sotheby's London, May 25, 1993, lot 289.
the Longton Hall figure, modeled seated playing a hurdy-gurdy, her skirt finely painted with playing cards and flowers, her dress picked out in bright green and yellow, upon a small mound base applied with flowers;
the Bow Figure, after the Meissen model, seated on a mount base playing bagpipes, painted in pale yellow and puce, his jacket embellished with painted playing cards.
Height of tallest: 4 7/8 in.
12.4 cm
Provenance
Longton Hall Figure:
Sotheby's London, May 22, 1984, lot 143;
Barbara Leake Collection, England;
Bonhams London, March 12, 2008, lot 77
Catalogue note
Perhaps as little as four examples of this figure in Longton Hall porcelain have appeared at auction in the 20th century: a second was sold at Sotheby's London, May 27, 1986, lot 105; a third, with its pair, sold at Christie's London, November 19, 1979, lot 65; and a fourth was in Thomas Burn Collection, Rous Lench Court, sold, in the same rooms, May 30, 1990, lot 420, illustrated in Bernard Watney, Longton Hall Porcelain, London 1957, pl. 40B.
A Bow Harlequin painted in this palette, together with the companion figure of Columbine, was sold at Sotheby's London, May 25, 1993, lot 289.
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