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An Important Meissen Chinoiserie group of a mother and her…
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Melbourne
Date:
22-Nov-2009
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An Important Meissen Chinoiserie group of a mother and her child feeding a parrot, Modelled by Reinike German, Circa 1745 She seated on an elaborate wooden chair, the child standing to one side, on a flower-strewn rococo scroll base with gilt highlights, Crossed swords mark Modelled by Reinike Circa 1745-50 as a part of a series of Chinese Groups after engravings by J.J Balechou, from Francois Bouchers 'Les Delices de L'enfance'. This group has its source in a series of engravings of oriental subjects taken from Boucher s Les Delices de l enfance (the delights of childhood). There were six of these groups modelled in porcelain by P. Reinicke, with the example of this configuration having a chicken. This figure is a variation, with a parrot substituted for the chicken. Reference: Adams Meissen portrait figures p149 for a similar example with a chicken instead of parrot; also Adams Meissen figures p 175 for the same figure and others from the series. Also Pauls-Eisenbeiss Colection, German Porcelain p114. where an identical example is illustrated and states No other models of the period have been discovered (1972).
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