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…

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