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Figure of Columbine
Figure of Harlequine
Figure of Columbine
Made at: Vienna Manufactory
Austrian (Vienna)
about 1755
Object Place: Austria
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilded decoration
Dimensions
Height: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.986.2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionFrom the Commedia dell'Arte, standing masked holding slapsticks, Harlequin with his hat in his right hand, his companion clutching a flower in gilt-edge chequered costume decorated in yellow, blue, red and puce, Harlequin on tree stump mound base.
Marks
Impressed D on Columbine's base.
ProvenanceProbably between about 1945 and 1955, acquired by Dr. and Mrs. Marcel Nyffeler (b. 1890 - d. 1957), Zurich; June 9, 1986, posthumous Nyffeler sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, lot 3, to Edward M. Pflueger (b. 1905 - d. 1997) and Kiyi Powers Pflueger (b. 1915 - d. 2008), New York; 2006, bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 26, 2006)