Early clarinettist from the Monkey Chapel A clarinet-playing musician standing on a rocaille-relief plinth decorated with a sculptural flower and leaves. Polychrome painting with gold staffage. Designed by Johann Joachim Kaendler and Peter Reinicke. Rest; Minimally dam.; Pale crossed swords mark. H. 13 cm. Cf. cat. Staatl. Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen, Figuren I, no. 4; Gardiner Museum, Toronto, inv. no. G83.1.675.1.18. A porcelain figure of a monkey playing the clarinet from the series "monkey orchestra". Restored. Minor chipped. Pale crossed swords mark. Meissen. Mid 18th century.