FRIEDRICH ELIAS MEYER (German 1723-1785) A PAIR OF POLYCHROME ENAMEL DECORATED PORCELAIN FIGURES OF MALABARS, FOR MEISSENER PORZELLAN MANUFAKTUR, GERMANY, CIRCA 1751, the male and female figures wearing conical straw hats and playing string instruments, with a box strapped to their backs, on shaped scrolled base, their floral pattern robes decorated with gilt highlighted cobalt blue glaze, both with underglaze blue crossed sword marks, the male with incised script "1569" and "80," height: 7 1/2", width: 3 3/4", depth: 3 1/4"; the female with incised "1-16" and "167," height: 7 3/8", width: 3 3/8", depth: 2 3/4".

Male Malabar figure in overall good condition with no evidence of restoration, small chips around base of figure, minor rubbing to gilt decoration; the female Malabar figure with restoration to both hands, around the neck, on the hat, and around the back of the base, and minor rubbing to gilt decoration

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