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Lot 60

A Meissen group of a Chinese couple in an arbour, circa 1755

5 July 2018, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£4,000 - £6,000

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A Meissen group of a Chinese couple in an arbour, circa 1755

Modelled by P. Reinicke, a couple seated in an arbour, he wearing floral robes and handing her a book, she wearing a lilac robe and yellow undergown with indianische Blumen, the pierced arbour embellished with gilt-edged and turquoise rocaille and applied with trailing floral foliage, the base applied with leaves and flowers, 19cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, (restored)

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The model is based on an engraving by Gabriel Huquier, after a work by Boucher.

For other examples, see Dr Erika Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porcelain of the 18th Century (1972), pp.116-117, and L. and Y. Adams, Meissen Portrait Figures (1987), p.176. A further one was in the Hasse Collection, sold in these rooms, 8 October 2014, lot 44.

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