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Longton Hall Figure of Harlequin
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This item is no longer available
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Dates
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Circa 1753
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Medium
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Porcelain
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Origin
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England
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Description
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An extremely rare Longton Hall Commedia dell'arte figure of Harlequin, unmarked. Modelled striding and wearing a mask, his right hand raised to the brim of his hat, supported by a tree-stump applied with foliage, on a shaped mound base.
13cm High
4.5cm Wide
5cm Deep
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Condition
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Firing line to base, hat plume missing, chips to leaves.
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Literature
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For a similar example from the Gardiner Collection see the Gardiner Museum, Toronto, object no.: G83.1.896.
Also see, Sotheby's, London 21 April 1980, lot 271.
For a polychrome example from the Rous Lench Collection, see Christie's, London, 29 May 1990, lot 419.
Also, reference, Bernard Watney, Longton Hall Porcelain pl. 40B.
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