A CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN FIGURE OF 'FAME' MID-18TH CENTURY

after a Dutch Delft figure, modelled as boy blowing a trumpet and holding a baton in his left hand, his back and head pierced, fitted into a separate triangular base molded with three leafy scrolls and applied and painted with colorful flowers.

Sold, Sotheby's, Monaco, June 19, 1988, lot 1582
Fred B. Nadler Antiques

The end of the trumpet is restored; the staff is restored and probably a replacement. There are pierced holes in the back of the shoulders and head which were presumably orignally fitted with wings and a headdress. Typical chips and restoration to the applied flowers and leaves of the base.
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The pierced holes in the back of the shoulders and head were presumably originally fitted with wings and a headdress.