Greeting Harlequin

Modelled by Johann Joachim Kaendler, Royal Porcelain Manufactory Meissen

Model 1739-1740, Formed and painted 1745-1750

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Solid white jasper covered vase with light green jasper dip and applied white and lilac jasper relief decoration, resting on a small square plinth decorated with anthemion motifs, the vase foot with a band of overlapping acanthus leaves around the edge, the lower body with applied white stiff leaf motifs, the main body with a heavy floral swag on either side with a lilac and white medallion above that features on one side the Marriage of Cupid and Psyche and on the other the Sacrifice to Hymen, with a band of ribbon and vine below the flat shoulder, with two ram's head masks, one on either side, whose horns curve around to form the handle, the short neck with a white band around the middle and crossed ribbons around the lip, the cover with stiff leaf motifs and ball finial.
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