A HÖCHST CHINOISERIE FIGURE GROUP

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A HÖCHST CHINOISERIE FIGURE GROUP
CIRCA 1770, BLUE WHEEL MARK, INCISED 535, MODELLED BY J.P. MELCHIOR
Modelled as a young girl in pink hat, white blouse and apron and pink skirt walking beside a Chinese boy with ribbon-tied top knot and yellow suit, a pink sash at his waist, his left arm over her shoulder and gesturing with his right hand, raised on a green and brown rockwork base, small chips
6 7/8in. (17.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. Kurt Röder, Das Höchster Porzellan, Mainz, 1930, nr. 380; see also Dr. Erika Pauls-Eisenbeiss: German Porcelain of the 18th Century, p. 70-71; Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, October 16, 1987, lot 109; Anon. sale, Christie's London, November 29, 1982, lot 73; and Anon. sale, Christie's London, December 1, 1980, lot 122