Harlequin with a Bird
Manufacturer
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
(German, founded 1710)
Modeler
Johann Friedrich Eberlein
(German, 1695 - 1749)
CultureGerman
OriginMeissen, Dresden, Germany
DateAugust 1743
MediumHard-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gilding
DimensionsOverall: 13.2 x 6.6 x 9.4 cm (5 3/16 x 2 5/8 x 3 11/16 in.)
MarkingsCrossed swords in underglaze blue
DescriptionMeissen figure of Harlequin with a bird modelled by Johann Joachim Kaendler and Johann Friedrich Eberlein. He is seated on a grassy mound with large applied flowers in multicolour and a black and white cat at his feet, and an empty birdcage rests at his side. Harlequin is holding a bird aloft in his right hand and is wearing a turquoise hat with a puce brim and yellow bowknot. His jacket is decorated with playing cards, puce fish scales, a panel of solid puce and a section with triangles of turquoise, puce, yellow and black, white pants and yellow shoes with puce bows.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.920
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
German PorcelainStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
January 1743
Object number: G83.1.919
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
August 1743
Object number: G83.1.921
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1740-1741; decorated in the nineteenth or twentieth century
Object number: G83.1.942
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1765
Object number: G83.1.939.1-2
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1740-1741
Object number: G83.1.914
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1729-1731
Object number: G83.1.624
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