Lot Essay
Cf. Dr. K. Berling, (Ed.), op. cit., Table 17, nos. 5 and 6 for examples of original models of circa 1750
Various Properties
A PAIR OF MEISSEN FIGURES OF MALABAR MUSICIANS After the original models by F. E. Meyer, circa 1870
Details
A PAIR OF MEISSEN FIGURES OF MALABAR MUSICIANS After the original models by F. E. Meyer, circa 1870
He playing the guitar and she the hurdy-gurdy, both wearing yellow conical straw hats, fur-lined claret coats, yellow robes painted with indianische Blumen and lilac shoes, standing on tree-stump grassy mound bases moulded with white and gilt scrolls (restoration to his left hand and neck of guitar and to leaves at back, one of his fingers lacking), blue crossed swords marks, he with Pressnummer 51 and incised 1523, painted numbers 68
12¼in. and 12¾in. (31cm. and 32.5cm.) high (2)
He playing the guitar and she the hurdy-gurdy, both wearing yellow conical straw hats, fur-lined claret coats, yellow robes painted with indianische Blumen and lilac shoes, standing on tree-stump grassy mound bases moulded with white and gilt scrolls (restoration to his left hand and neck of guitar and to leaves at back, one of his fingers lacking), blue crossed swords marks, he with Pressnummer 51 and incised 1523, painted numbers 68
12¼in. and 12¾in. (31cm. and 32.5cm.) high (2)