A porcelain figure group of a Harlequin and Columbine, also known as "Hanswurst and Columbine," from the Italian comedy. On a pedestal adorned with plastic flowers and leaves, sits a pair side by side, Columbine in a floral skirt and diamond-patterned bodice with a feathered hat, and Harlequin in a green-purple striped trousers and black jacket with playing card patterns. The comedienne holds a slapstick in her raised right hand and touches the mask of Harlequin with her left. Harlequin holds a hat in his raised left hand and a sausage in his right. Polychrome painting with gold outlining. Possibly by Johann Joachim Kaendler. Model number 64515. Sword mark. Height 15.5 cm. See catalog of the Pauls collection, page 317. A porcelain figure group of a Harlequin and Columbine. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. After 1973.
