A later-decorated Meissen figure of a Japanese woman and child, the porcelain circa 1745-50 Probably modelled by J.J. Kändler and Peter Reinicke, seated on a high-backed chair holding a fruit bowl, a child to her right side, wearing a tunic decorated with indianische Blumen, a yellow skirt and red shoes, the base applied with leaves and flowers, 11cm high, impressed 32 Footnotes: Based on an engraving by J.J. Balechou, after Boucher's 'Les Délices de l'Enfance' of around 1744. For another example from this series see Pauls-Eisenbeiss 1972, p. 112, for another example from this series in the Pauls Collection, Basel and in A.L. den Blaauwen, Meissen Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum 2000, nos. 331 and 332. Other groups from the series were sold in these rooms, 14 May 2008, lot 67 an 3 December 2008, lot 173 and 174 and 175. For the attribution to Reinicke and Kändler see Berling 1910, p. 57. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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