Figure of Pulchinella
Frankenthal Manufactory
(Germany)
Johann Wilhelm Lanz
(German, active in France, 1748–1761)
1755–56
Object PlaceGermany
Medium/TechniqueHard-paste porcelain
DimensionsHeight: 14.9 cm (5 7/8 in.)
Credit LineKiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession number2006.1031
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
Provenance1925, Fritz Buckardt, Berlin; December 8-9, 1925, Buckardt sale, Cassirer and Helbing, Berlin, lot 12, sold for M 1120. 1927, André Kirchberger, Berlin; November 22, 1927, Kirchberger sale, Cassirer and Helbing, Berlin, lot 12. Otto Blohm (b. 1870 - d. 1944) and Magdalena Blohm (b. 1879 - d. 1950), Hamburg, Caracas, and New York; April 25, 1961, Blohm sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 351, probably to Edward M. Pflueger (b. 1905 - d. 1997) and Kiyi Powers Pflueger (b. 1915 - d. 2006), New York; 2006, bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 26, 2006)
