252. A rare Meissen Chinoiserie musical family group, circa 1750-55 Modelled as a mother and her two children, she seated on a cloud-like base, dressed in yellow-edged cape with kakiemon flowers, the children, one seated on her lap, one standing by her side, each holding a drumstick, the mother holding up a large bell, 14.5cm high, crossed swords in underglaze-blue to the base (very minor restoration to extremities) Provenance The Rosa Alba Collection of Meissen Porcelain The model is one of a series of chinoiserie groups modelled by J.J. Kaendler and his assistants Reinicke and Meyer, after the prints Les Délices de l'Enfance, engraved by Jean-Joseph Balechou and published in Paris around 1748 after designs by François Boucher of around 1744.