A MEISSEN GROUP OF JAPANESE LOVERS modelled by J. J. Kändler and P. Reinicke seated at a table kissing, he wearing a conical hat with a fluted upturned brim and a yellow-lined white robe painted with indianische Blumen, playing a mandolin, she wearing a pink-lined white robe and yellow shoes with one foot resting on a chequered board, on a white oval base applied with flowers (table lacking, extensive old restoration and damages, chips to extremities), circa 1745

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A MEISSEN GROUP OF JAPANESE LOVERS modelled by J. J. Kändler and P. Reinicke seated at a table kissing, he wearing a conical hat with a fluted upturned brim and a yellow-lined white robe painted with indianische Blumen, playing a mandolin, she wearing a pink-lined white robe and yellow shoes with one foot resting on a chequered board, on a white oval base applied with flowers (table lacking, extensive old restoration and damages, chips to extremities), circa 1745
4¼in. (11cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, Munich, 1966, no. 952 for the complete model with a table supporting a coffee-pot, cup and saucer and a bowl, the lady holding a teabowl and saucer.
See also an example sold in our Geneva Rooms, 11 November 1985, lot 72

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