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Lot Essay
Kändler's 1740-1748 work records note 1 Grouppgen, ein Frauenzimmer in einer Andrijan wohlgepuzt vorstellend, ingl. einen Schäffer in seinem Habit wohl angekleidet, welche einander embrassiren, worbey moch ein Schäffgen zu befinden, 12 Thlr.
The present model, based on a painting by François Boucher, was produced both with and without a tree behind the amorous couple. See Dr. Erika Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porcelain of the 18th Century, Catalogue of the Pauls Collection, Vol. I, London, 1972, pp. 238-239 and Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, Munich, 1966, p. 168, no. 869 for similar groups.
The present model, based on a painting by François Boucher, was produced both with and without a tree behind the amorous couple. See Dr. Erika Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porcelain of the 18th Century, Catalogue of the Pauls Collection, Vol. I, London, 1972, pp. 238-239 and Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, Munich, 1966, p. 168, no. 869 for similar groups.