Harlequin and Columbine

Manufactory Meissen Manufactory German

Modeler Johann Joachim Kändler German

ca. 1741

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Title: Harlequin and Columbine
Manufactory: Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present)
Modeler: Johann Joachim Kändler (German, Fischbach 1706–1775 Meissen)
Date: ca. 1741
Culture: German, Meissen
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions: Height: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
Object Number: 64.101.124
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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