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Meissen Musicians Group
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Print Details
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Dates
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1755
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Medium
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Porcelain
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Origin
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Germany
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Description
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A very fine Meissen figure group of child flautist musicians, a boy, and a girl, modelled by J. J. Kändler.
The title of the piece of music is "sonata dinquième adagio." The group was created to be viewed in the round, perhaps as a dining table decoration. It is superbly modelled and raised on four scroll legs and a rococo base.
Crossed swords on the underside of the base.
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Literature
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Literature: Len and Yvonne Adams Meissen Portrait Figures, p. 29 where this very figure is illustrated.
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