16. Meissen porcelain statuette from the series of commedia dell'arte figures for the Duke of Weissenfels, depicting Columbine, circa 1745 A Meissen figure of Columbine from the Duke of Weissenfels series, circa 1745 Modelled by P. Reinicke, holding castanets in the right hand and a mask in the left, wearing a gilt-edged yellow bonnet with a green bow, white gilt-edged bodice, dress painted with sprigs of flowers, and yellow shoes with red bows, the base applied with leaves and flowers, 13.2cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to rear of base (left forearm restuck, minor chips) Another example of this figure in the Gardiner Museum is illustrated by Meredith Chilton, Harlequin Unmasked, 2001, p. 311, no. 109. Further examples were sold at Bonhams London, 14 May 2008, lot 72, and on 3 December 2008, lot 224.