Rococo table clock with rare Meissen comedian... Lot 2393

Rococo table clock with rare Meissen comedian figure "Pulcinella" Gilt French bronze base with relief scrolls. In the center is the porcelain figure of the Neapolitan Pulcinella with a strongly formed hump from the Italian comedy, stylistically related to the Harlequin or "Hanswurst" depiction. Comedian standing in an expressive dancing posture, dressed in a white jacket with stripes and playing card pattern over two-tone trousers and pointed hat. Holding a sausage in his right hand and a plank in his left. Polychrome painting with gold staffage. Figure designed by Johann Joachim Kaendler, circa 1740 - 1742. The back with ascending, widely branching acorn tendrils in green painted metal with horn acorns as supports for a round, rocaille-framed clock case in gilt bronze. Glazed enamel dial with black Roman and Arabic numerals. Hinged, decorated back cover, incised no. inside; thread suspension. H. 33 cm. Cf. master, cat. Porcelain, Pauls Collection, p. 265; cat. Meissen from a private collection, no. 204; Jansen, Commedia dell'arte, no. 15 (comparable figures); Menzhausen, p. 133; Röbbig, Kabinettstücke, p.59 ff. A splendid French gilt-bronze mounted Rococo pendule arranged Meissen porcelain figure of the Neapolitan Pulcinella and oak branches decor. Meissen/France. Mid 18th century.