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Meissen chinoiserie Group
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Print Details
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Request Details
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Dates
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Circa 1750
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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 rare Meissen chinoiserie group modelled by Peter Renicke, inspired by the Françoise Boucher print series Scènes de la vie chinoise. The infatuated couple is seated in a trellis arbour, holding a book. She is on a stool with a yellow cushion, while he is seated in a chair. He has his arm around her shoulder, and they hold a large brown book with highly gilded pages. They are surrounded by a proliferation of flowers and leaves.
After a print by Gabriel Houquier (1695-1772) “A man and woman reading” engraving after Françoise Boucher from the series scenes de la vie chinoise, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
18.5cm High
13cm Wide
11cm Deep
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Condition
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Small part of the arbour (top left side) restored together with some flowers and leaves mainly to this side.
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Literature
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Robbig et al, Hidden valuables early Meissen Porcelain is from Swiss Private Collections, figs. 65 & 66.
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