Nymphenburg "Colombine with Mask" from the Italian comedy, designed by Franz Anton Bustelli c. 1755, retouched by Theodor Kärner 1914, embossed lozenge mark from 1905, embossed model number 76 with incised number II and impressed number 7, naturalistic moulding in white porcelain, a young woman in costume with ribbons standing on a flat rocaille plinth, holding a mask in her hand, minimal firing marks, otherwise good condition, h 20.5 cm.

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