A Meissen monkey band, late 1970s/early 1980s
After the models by J.J. Kaendler and P. Reinicke of 1753-1765, comprising twenty-one figures, each on a base moulded with gilt-edged scrollwork: the conductor with a separate music stand; four seated singers; a seated organist; a drummer and drum-carrier; a triangle-player; a seated harpist; a bassoon-player; a violinist; a cellist; a bagpipe-player; a hurdy-gurdy player; a drummer; a lute player; a flautist; an oboist; a trumpeter and a horn player, 12cm-18cm high, crossed swords in underglaze-blue, incised model numbers, impressed formers' numbers and date codes, various painters' numbers (22)

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Provenance:
A Private Swiss Collection of 19th century Meissen