Harlequin with Bagpipes
Manufacturer
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
(German, founded 1710)
Modeler
Johann Joachim Kändler
(German, 1706 - 1775)
CultureGerman
OriginMeissen, Dresden, Germany
Datec.1740-1745
MediumHard-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gilding
DimensionsOverall: 12 x 8.1 x 5.7 cm (4 3/4 x 3 3/16 in., 5.7 cm)
MarkingsRed enamel 3
DescriptionA Meissen figure of Harlequin playing the bagpipes modelled by J. J. Kandler. The figure is painted in iron-red and purple tunic trimmed in yellow. He is seated on a flower-encrusted rockwork base.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.903
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
German PorcelainStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Longton Hall Porcelain Factory
c.1754-1757
Object number: G83.1.897.1-2
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
July 1736
Object number: G83.1.909
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1736-40
Object number: G83.1.901
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1740-1745
Object number: G83.1.918
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1740-1745; decorated and possibly made in the nineteenth or twentieth century
Object number: G83.1.943.1-2
Artist / Maker: Johann Joachim Kändler
c.1736-40
Object number: G83.1.915
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1745-1750
Object number: G83.1.941
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1740-1745
Object number: G83.1.940.1-4
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1742; decorated after 1760 but before 1802
Object number: G83.1.913