1750-1753, WITH RITZZEICHEN 2HH AND MARKED WITH A B

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A rare Höchst figure of a harlequin with a ram bagpipe
1750-1753, with Ritzzeichen 2HH and marked with a B
Inspired by the Meissen model by Johann Joachim Kaendler (1740), painted in colours, wearing green pointed hat with a red ribbon, a collar, a green jacket and striped breeches, holding a ram, bagpipe to the left, with a pipe to the front and to the back, on rockwork base (minor damages)
16.5 cm. high
See illustration

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Lot Essay

Cf. P. Stahl, Höchster Porzellan, Frankfurt, 1994 p. 242, ill. 6.7.12.
P.W. Meister, H. Reber, Europäisches Porzellan, Stuttgart, 1980, p. 185 f with an illustration of the figure by Kaendler as well,
L. baron Döry, Höchster Porzellan, Frankfurt, 1963, nr. 253. H. Reber, Höchst aus drei Jahrhundersten, Frankfurt, 1989, p. 26.

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