Lot Essay
For similar examples see W.B. Honey, German Porcelain, fig. 44; Rainer Rückert, Franz Anton Bustelli, no. 12, p. 14 and Friedrich H. Hofmann, Geschichte der Bayerischen Porzellan-Manufaktur Nymphenburg, vol. I, fig. 92 although not originally part of the 'temple group' of musicians this was probably an addition at a slightly later stage as they are very slightly different stylistically