Details
Modelled by J.J. Kändler as a family, the mother seated on an ornate side chair with a cresting rocaille toprail and conformingly decorated cabriole legs on scroll feet, a boy perched on his mother's knee, his head applied with flowers, a girl seated on a stool playing an instrument, on a scroll-moulded base applied with leaves and flowers
7 in. (17.75 cm.) high
Literature
Melitta Kunze-Köllensperger, Collection Franz E. Burda, Meissen, Augsburg, 1997, p.101, fig. 22.
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See Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, Munich, 1966, pl. 251, no. 1025 for the example in the Residenz, Ansbach. Also see the example formerly in the Dr. Sali Guggenheim Collection, sold Christie's London, 21 November 2005, lot 104.

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