A complete porcelain monkey orchestra, designed by J. J. Kaendler, manufactured by Meissen, late 20th centuryPorcelain, painted in colour with gilded details. Each monkey on a rocailles pedestal. Comprising 21 figures in rococo dress and one music stand: the conductor with music stand, a cellist, a monkey holding drums, a clarinet player, a trumpeter, a violinist, a bagpipe player, a horn player, a flautist, a monkey with drumsticks, a triangle player, a drummer, a hurdy-gurdy player, a guitarist, a bassoonist, an organ player on a monkey, a harpist and four singers. All with blue crossed swords mark, model nos. 60001 to 60021, some with various painters' and embossers' marks. Good condition. Height 9.2 - 17 cm. The Meissen orchestra was modelled on drawings by the French "Singerie" painter Christophe Huet (1694 - 1759). The figures are a parody of high society.Condition: I - II