62. Groupe d'amoureux pastoraux de Meissen, vers 1745 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].