Lot 105
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A MEISSEN CHINOISERIE GROUP FROM LES DELICES DE L'ENFANCE
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A MEISSEN CHINOISERIE GROUP FROM LES DELICES DE L'ENFANCE

CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK

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A MEISSEN CHINOISERIE GROUP FROM LES DELICES DE L'ENFANCE
CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, F.E. Meyer and P. Reinicke with a mother and her children, seated with one child on her lap, the other at her side, each holding parasols, her robes painted with indianische Blumen, on a mound base applied with flowers and foliage (one parasol a restored replacement, small restored chip to tip of her top-knot, small chip to hem of her skirt at back, minor chipping and overpainting to foliage)
5 5/8in. (14.3 cm.) high
Provenance
With Penizek, from whom it was acquired in 1970.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

This group is derived from J.J. Balechou's engraving taken from Boucher's Les Délices de l'Enfance. For an extensive treatment of this series, see Erika Pauls Eisenbeiss, German Porcelain of the 18th Century (London, 1972), pp. 110-120.

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