https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/24285/fullHarlequin with a BirdAugust 1743Meissen Porcelain ManufactoryJohann Friedrich EberleinOverall: 13.2 x 6.6 x 9.4 cm (5 3/16 x 2 5/8 x 3 11/16 in.)Hard-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gildingGift of George and Helen GardinerOrigin: Meissen, Dresden, GermanyG83.1.9201Meissen 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.18th Century European PorcelainCommedia dell'Arte FiguresGerman PorcelainMeissen[]European CeramicsGerman Porcelain1826591115GermanCrossed swords in underglaze blue