Lot Essay
Cf. Rainer Rückert, op. cit. (1966), nos. 1064-1078; see also R.J. Charleston, Meissen and Oriental Porcelain, The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor (1971), p. 186, fig. c.
CIRCA 1765, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AT BACK
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A Meissen monkey musician
Circa 1765, blue crossed swords mark at back
Modelled by P. Reinicke, in plumed pink hat, yellow jacket with white ruff and pink cuffs, pink shawl and turquoise pantaloons, standing before a tree-stump playing the lute, on a scroll-moulded flower-encrusted base (restoration to plume and brim of hat, head of instrument, monkey's left hand, slight chips to extremities)
5 3/8in. (13.8cm.) high
Circa 1765, blue crossed swords mark at back
Modelled by P. Reinicke, in plumed pink hat, yellow jacket with white ruff and pink cuffs, pink shawl and turquoise pantaloons, standing before a tree-stump playing the lute, on a scroll-moulded flower-encrusted base (restoration to plume and brim of hat, head of instrument, monkey's left hand, slight chips to extremities)
5 3/8in. (13.8cm.) high