Lot Essay
Cf. Rainer Rückert, Meissner Porzellan, Munich, 1966, Tafel 231, no. 952
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A MEISSEN COURTSHIP GROUP OF A CHINESE GALLANT AND COMPANION
CIRCA 1745, MODELLED BY J.J. KÄNDLER POSSIBLY WITH THE HELP OF F.E. MEYER AND P. REINEKE
Details
A MEISSEN COURTSHIP GROUP OF A CHINESE GALLANT AND COMPANION
Circa 1745, modelled by J.J. Kändler possibly with the help of F.E. Meyer and P. Reineke
Each seated and wearing flowered kimonos, he playing the mandolin and leaning over to his right to kiss his companion, she holding a teabowl and saucer in her raised right hand, a furled parasol and a checkerboard at her feet, the mound base applied with flowerheads
5¼in. (13.3cm.) long
Circa 1745, modelled by J.J. Kändler possibly with the help of F.E. Meyer and P. Reineke
Each seated and wearing flowered kimonos, he playing the mandolin and leaning over to his right to kiss his companion, she holding a teabowl and saucer in her raised right hand, a furled parasol and a checkerboard at her feet, the mound base applied with flowerheads
5¼in. (13.3cm.) long
Provenance
Private Collection, Washington, D.C.; Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, 1 February 1958, lot 248