Meissen slapstick figure highlights Merkle collection auction
The second instalment of Meissen porcelain from the collection of German businessman Hadrian Maria Oskar Merkle (1942-2018) was sold at a recent sale at Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr of Paris.
As predicted, the highlight of the October 31 auction was this rare 6½in (17cm) Commedia dell’arte…