Lot 222: A MEISSEN CHINOISERIE ARBOR GROUP CIRCA 1755-60

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MARIAN AND MICHAEL SABEE

height 7 3/4 in. (19.8cm)

modelled by Peter Reinicke, with two figures seated examining a book within a high trellised flower-encrusted arbor, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue. His hand restored, some minor chips.

PROVENANCE

Sold, Sotheby's, London, July 10, 1973, lot 123

NOTE

An example of this group, together with a detail of the source print by Gabriele Huquier, after François Boucher, is illustrated by Len and Yvonne Adams, Meissen Portrait Figures, p. 176. Examples of this group were sold at Sotheby's, London, October 17, 1989, lot 308; and Christie's, London, May 18, 1999, lot 214.