Figure of Schindler Playing Bagpipes, between 1745 and 1750

  • Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, founded 1710
  • J.J. Kändler, German, 1706 - 1775

Hard-paste porcelain

  • Overall: 6 7/8 × 3 1/4 × 2 1/2 inches (17.5 × 8.3 × 6.4 cm)

Bequest of James Pearson Duffy

2010.131

Department

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

until April 1969, (E. Pinkus Antiques, Inc., New York, New York, USA)

April 1969 - 2009, purchased by James Pearson Duffy [1923-2009] (Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA)

2010-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

after a model by J.J. Kändler; Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, Figure of Schindler Playing Bagpipes, between 1745 and 1750, hard-paste porcelain. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of James Pearson Duffy, 2010.131.