Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 25th February 2014
Lot 294
A Meissen figure group of the Chinese Family mid 18th century
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £4600
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Description
A Meissen figure group of the Chinese Family mid 18th century, modelled by Peter Reinicke, the youngest child sat on a table and supported by its mother while its sibling plays with a monkey beneath, the father wearing a conical hat, trying to distract his smallest infant, all on a rectangular pad base applied with flowers, 16.5cm high.
Cf. Dr. Erika Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porcelain of the 18th Century, Vol. I, pp. 110-111.