135. A Meissen group of pastoral lovers, circa 1745 Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, seated beneath a leafy tree with two nesting birds, the lady holding a sheep on her lap, wearing a turquoise bodice, white apron and iron-red skirt with gilt and black flowers, her yellow shoes decorated with scrolling leaves and flowers and with blue bows, her companion wearing a gilt-edged puce hat with turquoise ribbon, yellow jacket, blue breeches and salmon-pink shoes with purple bows, a recumbent dog to his side, the base applied with leaves and flowers, 26cm high (minor restoration, some leaves chipped) Provenance Private German Collection of Meissen Porcelain Modelled after an engraving by Boucher after Watteau, the group is mentioned in Kaendler's Taxa of overtime work: '1. Grouppgen, ein Frauenzimmer in einer Andrijan wohlgepuzt vorstellend, ingl. einen Schäffer in seinem Habit wohl angekleidet, welche einander embrassieren, worbey noch ein Schäffgen zu befinden. 12 Thlr,' [1 group depicting a richly decorated figure of a woman in an andrijan, including a shepherd well-dressed in his costume, embracing each other, a sheep is also to be found].