Resting boy Seated on a stone block on an irregular natural plinth, leaning slightly to one side and holding a shoulder bag lying on the ground. Polychrome painting with subtle gold decoration. Designed by Johann Peter Melchior. Unmarked. H. 15 cm. Cat. Reber, Johann Peter Melchior in Höchst, p. 31, ill. 29. Provenance: Dissolution of an important German private collection - part II. A resting porcelain boy modelled by J. P. Melchior. Insignificantly chipped/restored. Unmarked. Highest. Probably before 1770.