Lot #102: Bring the Large 16" Circus Home with This Pierrot Clown!

This striking Pierrot clown figurine, standing at 16 inches tall, is a testament to artistic craftsmanship. Its elegant lines and rich colors evoke the spirit of the Art Deco era. This hand-painted ceramic piece is a sophisticated addition to any collector's display or as a centerpiece in your home. Condition: Wear consistent with age and use. Pre-owned condition with two chips in the areas circled in red. Please review the photos for details of the damage and overall condition, as indicated in the photo by red markings. These are not easily noticeable. Pierrot Clown Pierrot (/ˈpɪəroʊ/ PEER-oh, US also /ˈpiːəroʊ, ˌpiːəˈroʊ/ PEE-ə-roh, PEE-ə-ROH, French:(pjɛʁois) a stock character of pantomime and commedia dell'arte, whose origins are in the late seventeenth-century Italian troupe of players performing in Paris and known as the Comédie-Italienne. The name is a diminutive of Pierre (Peter), via the suffix -ot.His character in contemporary popular culture — in poetry, fiction, and the visual arts, as well as works for the stage, screen, and concert hall — is that of the sad clown, often pining for love of Columbine, who usually breaks his heart and leaves him for Harlequin. Performing unmasked, with a whitened face, he wears a loose white blouse with large buttons and wide white pantaloons. Sometimes he appears with a frilled collaret and a hat, usually with a close-fitting crown and wide round brim and, more rarely, with a conical shape like a dunce's cap. Pierrot's character developed from being a buffoon to an avatar of the disenfranchised. Many cultural movements found him amenable to their respective causes Decadents turned him into a disillusioned foe of idealism; Symbolists saw him as a lonely fellow-sufferer; Modernistsmade him into a silent, alienated observer of the mysteries of the human condition. Much of that mythic quality ("I'm Pierrot," said David Bowie: "I'm Everyman") still adheres to the "sad clown" in the postmodern era. Pickup category timeslot {A}