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Figure of La Scaramouche
German
about 1754
Object Place: Germany
Medium/Technique
Porcelain, colored enamels
Dimensions
Height: 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.885
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionHer right hand lifting her skirt, her left hand on her hip, wearing black tricorn hat, white ruff, lilac flowered coat, blue bodice and skirt enameled with flowers, gilt borders.
ProvenanceBy 1923, Otto Blohm (b. 1870 - d. 1944) and Magdalena Blohm (b. 1879 - d. 1950), Hamburg, Caracas, and New York [see note 1]; July 4, 1960, Blohm sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 176i, probably to Edward M. Pflueger (b. 1905 - d. 1997) and Kiyi Powers Pflueger (b. 1915 - d. 2006), New York; 2006, bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 26, 2006)
NOTES:
[1] Max Sauerlandt, Deutsche Porzellan-Figuren des 18. Jahrhunderts (Cologne, 1923), p. 125, cat. no. 50.
NOTES:
[1] Max Sauerlandt, Deutsche Porzellan-Figuren des 18. Jahrhunderts (Cologne, 1923), p. 125, cat. no. 50.