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Lot 4148 limit € 480

Meissen, crossed swords mark, 1st choice, model by Friedrich Elias Meyer 1751, model no. 64542 (old 1597), figure from the series of the Commedia dellarte/Italian comedy for Johann Adolf II, Duke of Sachsen-Weißenfels, painted in colors, equipped with gold, H approx. 14 cm, after 1973. In the 18th century, the Meissner manufactory brought various series of small theater sculptures based on designs by JJ Kaendler, P. Reinicke, JF Eberlein and FE Meyer, some of which have been repeatedly revised. The Italian comedian figures, almost always wearing masks, reflect certain types or professions. It was played without a fixed text, mostly only with scenic instructions in the form of farcical impromptu theatre. The 19-figure series that Peter Reinicke created for the last duke of the Electoral Saxon Sekundogenitur Sachsen-Weißenfels is smaller and more delicate than the other Meissner Commedia dellarte figures, which gives them a very special appeal.