247. A Meissen group of Chinese lovers, circa 1745 Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, the gentleman seated playing the lute, his companion embracing him and holding a teabowl and saucer in her right hand, a parasol next to her and her foot resting on a gaming board, a coffee pot, sugar bowl and teabowl on a small table in front of them with a bird perched on one leg, the base applied with leaves and flowers, 10.5cm high, crossed swords mark in blue, S in ink (some restoration) Provenance The Rosa Alba Collection of Meissen Porcelain See Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan 1710-1810, 1966, fig. 952, where he quotes Kändler's "Taxa" entry for 1745 describing this group.